10-24-08 Friday (Blogger Blues)

Yesterday's blog post had 2 more paragraphs at the end. As I approved a comment, I notice ant-sized writing at the end. I went back and fixed it. It wasn't anything important, and mildly humorous at best, I'm still pissed it showed up as it did. Reading it, however, would make the entry title more logical. Google Blogger is very quirky. It's a love-hate thing really. I guess I love that's it's SUPPOSED to be so easy to post, but hate that it constantly fights me on formatting. So many times I preview the post, and make changes, then I post it, and view it to discover the line spacing is wrong. I then unpublish it, change it and go through the cycle 4 or 5 times more. While I'm not looking for pity, nevermind I am. Pity me. Google's Blogger isn't all that cooperative.

The blog takes a long time. I enjoy doing it for myself as well as doing it for the readers. It's awesome that I can dominate a conversation, like I'd do outside the blog anyway. I'm not a very good writer, but probably a good story teller. Some of you have commented through phone conversations that you can picture me saying the things I do. I guess that's what I need to stick with, whether the grammar is marginal or the humorous analogies are missing.

Jim and I have decided to skip Capitol Reef National Park. It was so yesterday. There's probably not that much more to see anyway, so we'll go to Escalante Grand Staircase instead. The Grand Staircase from what I've seen in photos has some very unique ROCK FORMATIONS. Yeah, I make fun of the rocks and dead Indians things but I really do enjoy what we see. If I really want to, I could easily put it into a different perspective, like...

We have no jobs but really like wandering the country to photograph rocks. OR We've spent thousands to see what some old Indian built out of rocks instead of saving money in piss-poor economic times.

With that perspective in mind, some would say we're nuckin' futs. Truth be told, no matter what the reasoning or perspective, some may still feel that way. As for Jim and I, we don't care if we appear crazy and gypsy-esque. We care about other important issues like what's on sale at Camping World or if there's a Wal-Mart close by. Those are the important things in life.

We're back from the Grand Staircase and it wasn't at all like what I thought I remembered seeing from photos. Apparently the more intricate terrain is only reachable by hiking trails. We're too lazy for that. It was a 2 hour drive there but with today's adventure, it wasn't about the destination but rather getting there. The roadside views of the canyons and mountains were stunning.

Our steepest climb yet.

Great scenery, twisty road.

Dasher seemed to be sulking or something.

A llama in the background and poop in the foreground.