The Battle Royal With Cheese

....Or whatever, but seriously if I could think of my very most favoritest thing to do in arctic sub arctic temperatures it would have to be; ripping a motor out of a car and putting another one back in it.......um yeah not really.....so, this is a car that I bought from a friend and needed some work, I decided that I would do all the work on it myself and drive the car around.....usually not a big deal to do an engine swap in a Honda, but with the temperatures around the "effing cold" mark and dipping into the "sucking my will to live" region its become a bit of a grind. I still have quite a bit more work to do and with the fun weekend I have planned for myself I honestly don't know how I am going to finish it but whatever. I have taken some crappy phone pics to document the initial removal of the old engine.....I'll be sure to post a few more as I make progress and definitely a victory pic upon completion.

Songs of the day.....

Oh.....and I broke my nose! Lol yeah I know kind of a random double subject blog entry thingy. Honestly I'm going to let you in on a little bit of The Shaner madness ready? K, so I just got home from an incredibly enjoyable evening and I was thinking...."gosh I should write about this...." then I start thinking; "that would be WAY too much to blog about and I should probably get some sleep." Then I think, well maybe I should tell my fellow readers/listeners that I have started a brand spanking new "song of the day" section to my blog (which will end up being a song of the every other day or so section)lol but the problem with that is that I also broke my nose playing basketball on Monday night, and I was going to make that my next blog....but if I do that one after this one the whole chronological blogness would just be totally funked up and the blog gods would be sure to punish me in the form of bloggers block....SO i went with the double topic post. I hope you enjoy the new song its just a one of a few Imogen Heap/Frou Frou songs I've been really enjoying lately.

The Yurt

So for all of you wondering what exactly a "yurt" is its basically a tee pee resembling, upside down funnel looking snow hut. There is one that Parks and Rec. rents out during the winter months and it's only accessible via a 4.5 mile cross country ski trek up Millcreek canyon. Last night we had 9 adventurers and it was great! Besides, underestimating how cold my hands would get on the trek up and passing out in the snow for a few minutes....the ski up was amazing. It was dark out and I didn't use a light cause I was enjoying the moon reflecting off the snow....it provided a very cool, almost magical vibe as I ascended. I haven't cross country skied since I was a cub scout and it took me a second to get used to the motion, but once I did it was gravy. The group started up at different times, group one left for the top in the early afternoon to get the stove burning, and group two started at 9pm. Depending on your pace up the mountain, it takes anywhere from an hour to three hours to get to the yurt and its not a very physically demanding climb. (unless you pass out from getting too cold and you decide that the only way to keep your bony little fingers from freezing solid in the paper thin gloves you're wearing is to sprint up the mountain at full throttle =) Once up there the conditions were more than comfortable; there is wood provided, a wood burning stove, propane tanks with lanterns and some pots and pans to cook with, not to mention bunks to sleep on. It was good times to just hang out with good friends and enjoy nature. I wish you could have been there, then it would have been perfect. =)