"the castles we built were so tall, they only left us further to fall. now i see them far away, as i watch them wash away...washin' away"

near the tetons

goodwin lake

wranglering for spring creek ranch in jackson. too bad the pay was horrible, so i quit and got a job at a climbing gym until i get another wildlife tech job. hopefully that will happen sooner than later.


biking w brian, jo, and the puppy dogs

turltes, turtles, and more turtles

We released about 300 hatchlings down at the cabin, early morning before we went out on partol. They are sooo cute



The underside of one that got flipped over from the tide coming in. too cute


A stranded Green turtle we took to the ARC for a check up. He looked pretty healthy, we were not sure why he had come up on the beach, maybe to get away from a shark.

climbing does exist in texas!

So we went to Austin, about 3.5 hours away and found this sweet little canyon in Reimers county park. It was full of trees, moss, and ferns; a completely different world from the sand dunes and palm trees of corpus christi. There was also a natural spring that ran through the canyon down to the river, following this, we found an awesome rope swing that dropped you into the cool, refreshing, non salt water. later that night we went to the missy higgins and mason jennings concert. Good time fo sho!

time for a new running route?

so i'm still trying to find a good running route, too bad my choices are running on the sidewalk in the busy city or running down little streets full of stray dogs.
this morning i went running with my two little, hairy canines, kona and granite. as we went running past this "fenced in" yard, i noticed that part of the fence was not complete just as, not one, not two, but 5 huge rottweilers came tearing out under the fence and immediately surrounded my little running team. Lucky me, was stuck in the middle of the mass of snarling dogs, getting tangled up in leashes. the rottweilers kept cirlcling around us, and jumping at kona, a gnarly fight was about to erupt. i was struggling to maintain control of the situation, as you can imagine. i had pulled kona and granite in really close and set about yelling as harshly as i could while spinning 360's. the spinning method was a brilliant way to get as many kicks out as possible. as i spun around i would front kick with my right leg and then follow that with an immediate back kick with my left. it worked pretty well, kona and granite were shorter so i could kick over their heads and kick the rottweilers in the face as they lunged for us. the tension and was beginning to peak, and i was fresh out of options, when finally the owner of the dogs came running over and called/ pulled his dogs off. he gave his sincerest apologies, and my frazzled running team continued on our way. i could feel my adrenaline surging. amazingly enough, we were unscathed, kona just had dog slobber on her.
i think ive about run outta luck. needless to say, we found another route home.