Say Cheese

Gotta love being a teacher. What other professionals receive a yearly picture? Even though I do not put my 8x10 up in my condo I have collected all of my school pictures since 1982 in an album. It is a great source of laughs!

Lake Time

Lake Powell in October - Who would've thought it was going to be 90 degree hot and water temp 75-79 degrees...perfection!
 
 
I need to get my sister's pictures on the lake...more to come.

Dirty Dash 10K

 
 
 
Article by Amelia Nielson-Stowell sums up the Dirty Dash "Thirty seconds into the Dirty Dash and my shoe fell off, sucked into the mud on Big Pig Climb. Three miles later and I clumsily ate it after a jump off the obstacle course wall, getting an impromptu mud wrestle by the male members of my team. At mile four, we all pathetically tugged my brother's arms, weak from belly laughs, while we tried to pull him out of swamp mud on the banks of Deer Creek Reservoir. By mile six, I hurled my body down the massive Slop 'n Slide, complete with a crash landing at the bottom with my female teammates. And did I mention it was one of the most fun races I have run? Utah's inaugural mud run was a huge success. After selling out three times and adding an afternoon run, the Dirty Dash Saturday, Sept. 25 at Soldier Hollow totaled over 4,800 runners. The 10k course, up and down Soldier Hollow's cross-country ski hills, was a challenging run. And the obstacles were epic. After Big Pig Climb, the muddy hill at the starting gate being drenched with a sprinkler, there was a snow blower blasting runners, Hogbails hay to jump over, Razorback Alley tunnels, three sets of Pig Pen obstacle course walls, Hog Wallow tires to jump through, a Hog Wash where spectators pelted water balloons at runners, the Slop 'n Slide into the finish, and, of course, a massive Pig Sty mud pit. One of my favorite parts was the highly-anticipated "secret obstacle" – the Hog Bog. This was a run through various sections of the receding Deer Creek Reservoir. We had to wade through (or hurdle over) sections of it and dash (or slump) through a muddy field. It was natural, dark, stinky mud that reminded me of a trip to a swamp preserve in Georgia a few years ago. Race founder John Malfatto told me that he "was a little concerned people wouldn't enjoy the secret obstacle...but turns out that it was a favorite." Malfatto (who was sporting a bright yellow "Grunt" shirt all the volunteers wore on race day – also his birthday) gave me his overall summary of the event. "It was a great birthday present to see everything went off without a hitch," he said. "We have many things that we need to do to improve the race. But, all in all, for a first year race to have nearly 5,000 participants and for everyone to be so muddy, we couldn't be happier." Malfatto said Dirty Dash is looking into expanding into "one lucky market" next year. They already put on Idaho's first mud run in Boise earlier this month, and a 5k mud run is planned in Utah in May. He teases with: "We may add a few surprises next May and September..." In my opinion, Dirty Dash will go down as one of Utah's top races."

Wipe Out

I have been playing with iMovie...I have a lot to learn but here's an attempt.

Man Walks Across America

Making of...

Fruita Labor Day

 
 
 

Ride Hike Raft Fruita Style

I've been in a foto funk. These were the only pictures I took over Labor Day weekend. Luckily my sister and friends Ben and Dustin took some. (More pictures soon to come.)
 
For my mom's birthday and Labor Day weekend I went to Fruita to visit my sister and her family. My two good friends, Ben & Dustin, met us there on Saturday. What a full weekend. We mountain biked three trails on Saturday, hiked & explored the Colorado Monument Sunday, and river rafted West Water in the Mini-Me.

epic films

WildWater Trailer
http://www.forgemotionpictures.com/#/WORK/WildWater%20Trailer%201/1

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

This was the top voted film from 2009 Epic Summer Film Festival.

E is for EPIC

The Epic Summer Film Festival is a night of outdoor adventure movies, outdoors. Donations received support the kids at Camp Hobe, an extraordinary summer camp experience for kids facing cancer. We provided a dutch oven dinner for the staff of Camp Hobe and organizers of the festival. I was in charge of the cobblers. One turned out and the other was slop. I am not a dutch chef...still working on that one.
 
The films were most excellent and one would say most EPIC!
  Thanks to all those who support this event and especially Camp Hobe. It is never too late to donate.
 
What is the Epic Summer Film Festival?
Epic Summer is an outdoor film festival held at the end of each summer in September. This up and coming festival celebrates the exhilaration, inspiration and entertainment of adventure and humanitarian service through cinematic creation.

What types of films are featured?
Films shown at the festival are more or less of one of two types: Outdoor Adventure Documentaries and Humanitarian Service Films. Thus far, films have included canyoneering (Euro Style), mountain biking in Bolivia, backpacking in the Wind Rivers, interpretive cliff diving, barehanded fishing, repelling over Calf Creek Falls, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and distributing medical supplies in Kenya.

Raising money for Camp Hobe:
There is no admission charged at the film festival but donations to Camp Hobe are strongly encouraged. Camp Hobe is a 501c3 (tax deductible) organization that provides an adventurous summer camp experience for local kids that either have cancer or who have siblings that have cancer. Their website is: http://www.camphobekids.org

"one person can make a difference, and every person should try."-john kennedy

quotes and images from dani's blog.

Too late - Skull Rapid

 
 
 

Taylorball

I needed an URL for my dad's fantasy football team logo so I had to post this. I am not a techie and I couldn't figure any other way. I am a dork.