more of Utah

A 500lb bomb that decided not to go off. We had to help it out.
Who is this goofy guy. Burrr it is cold.
Me and my homeboy Hood
Hangin out. Soakin up some cosmic rays!!
C4- never leave home with out it

Andy in Utah

Well, I am in Utah for a couple of weeks and while I am here, I got to go to conference (which was awesome!!!). But, the real reason why I am here is for a range clearance. We go out to the middle of the desert and we clean up unexploded bombs, or dummy bombs, or whatever. It is actually a pretty sweet gig. We ride around on four wheelers all day and blow stuff up. Here are some pics of the awesomeness.

Yours truly on my noble steed.
Nothing like surfing on a penetrator. kids, don't try this at home.
the prettiest 4000 lbs of explosives you'll ever see. Not a bad looking dude in front of it either.
This is the cloud that the 4000lbs makes
And this is the giant hole. Pretty sweet.

Lisa at 13 weeks

Here is my baby at 13 weeks. Just a few more weeks til we find out the sex. We can't wait!!!

Mount Rushmore

The first week of this month we met up with my family in Nebraska and went up to Mt. Rushmore as the highlight of our trip. You will see in subsequent posts that we visited many other sites along the way. Anyway, it was an awesome trip and we all had a great time.

One of the few pics of the whole family.

The Couple and the Man.

Mt. Rushmore, Part duex

They should carve this mugg right next to Washington

# 28 on the map, #1 in our hearts! You know I had to take a picture of this.
oh yeah, its a teepee. I hear flood insurance on these is a little steep.

Mt Rushmore, part 3

Some more sweet pics for your viewing enjoyment

Here is a sweet panoramic

The cutest face on Rushmore!!!

Reptile Gardens, South Dakota

Well, this was one cool stop on our trip that everyone enjoyed. This place had a ton of cool animals. One of our favorites was the bald eagle. We also loved the alligator/crocodile show. It was pretty awesome.

Lisa feeding a humongous turtle
pretty bird
WOW!!

My wife is the next crocodile hunter. CRIKEY!

Part 2 of Reptile Gardens

This is a super upclose picture of South Dakota's finest prairie dogs. This was taken from the observation bubble.

AHHHH!! Help us!!!
One word: AMERICA
This is my friend speedy

An indoor waterpark at the hotel?

I know, wierd, right? But its true. This was a small waterpark with a few slides, a kids area, lazy river, hot tub, and more. It was really cool and it was great because even though it was 50 degrees outside, the water was still warm.

That giant funnel looking thing was a pretty awesome slide.

WOOOOOOO!!!

There I am, in the giant funnel

you can't really see me, but I am behind the giant waterfall.

Chuck Wagon Dinner

One night on our trip we went to a country (pronounced CRUN-TREE) Chuck Wagon dinner. It was a real cool environment and we had a lot of fun as we enjoyed and sang along to some of the old country western songs.



One of the highlights of the evening was when I got called up to the stage to help out by playing the washboard. When the guy asked me where I was from, I told him Scott AFB and there just happened to be a group of people from St. Louis there that all cheered for me. After the show I was approached by a lot of people thanking me for my service and talking to me about the military. It was a ton of fun.