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Born here.

Damn proud of it, too!

Used to live here.

Would love to move back for a little bit.

Sigh..

the little gray house on Pinetree Lane.

Can’t get anymore Cleaver than that.

lol

I hated being in a car with tinted windows with people that don’t enjoy breathing fresh air and would rather have them rolled up than rolled down.

I hiked up one of the mountains by Lone Rock with Aaliyah and it was so amazing.

I felt like I had reached the peak of my life, the top of all my accomplishements that I tried and failed in my past.

When you’re up there, who-knows-how-many feet in the air… everything is still.
You don’t make a sound, and you hear absolutely nothing.

You close your eyes and you think you’ve died.

There’s got to be something terribly wrong with you if you can stand over that land, those mountains, and not feel some kind of sorrow, or have to try not to get sand in your eyes while drying the tears from them because it’s just so damn beautifuly breathtaking.

You wonder how man can try to cover what nature gives us already.

We stopped at the Visitor’s Center, and I read the back of one of the postcards.

It said that there’s a meteor shower there four or five times a year, and the front of the postcard had a picture of the stary sky.

I almost cried just looking at that picture.

And I saw a billygoat!

: o

This place is insane.

I had to blink a few times to see if I was in Italy or Nevada.

It was neat, since it was my first time to Mexico, but it looked like I was in a poorly made independant movie set in Mexico in the mid-80’s.

lol

It was really colorful and I won’t ever forget it.

It wasn’t even that bad getting across the border.
I did get to see a van in one of the little holding places that was about to be searched.

About ten minutes after we crossed the border, a kid that looked about 14 or 15 came right up, splashed water on the car’s windshield, and wiped it off with a squeegee.
He held out his hand, like my dad was supposed to pay him or something, and my dad freaked out a little and didn’t know what to do, so he sped off!

lol

It was kinda funny.

We went on a family vacation here when I was little.

I only have a couple memories, but I will never forget them.

I remember the night time not being like any other night time I’ve ever experienced here in the states. The cold was different, and I loved it.

We stayed there for a few days, and every night my dad would give me a little gold coin and I would go over to a lady selling cotton candy in a little booth on the street and get one.
I think I did it for three nights in a row, and I she remembered me every time.

One night, we ate at a seafood restaurant that was in the shape of a boat. I can’t remember if the actual restaurant was the boat itself, or if the boat was just a part of the outside.
To get to the restaurant, we had to walk up a kind of plank, wood with ropes on either side, like on a real boat.
On the inside, where you wait to be seated, there was a box that you look into, turn a wheel, and pictures would flip really fast to create a movie.
I asked my dad for a coin to view it, and I remember thinking it was really cool.

Then I read the sign at the bottom of the movie box, and it said something like ‘you don’t need money to use this, but your donation is appreciated’.
And I felt like they tricked me into thinking I had to give money in order to view the movie box!

lol

I’ll never forget those memories.

I read it was 50’s town.

What I would give to live in the 40’s or 50’s…

We used to go skiing here as a family when I was little.

I “sprained my arm” and had to wear a wooden board wrapped in gauze.
My brother and I took a children’s skiing learning course. It was so cute – depending on your level, you’d get a different animal name.
Like the first Beginning level was the Chipmunks, the next was the Squirrels… things like that.

I don’t remember that much about New Mexico, but I do remember the landscapes and the pueblos. It’s true what I see in the magazines: lots of tourquoise! I remember the sky and the sunsets, and the nightlife being really nice.

: )

It is humanly impossible to stand outside, in Ogden, and not see a single mountain in view.

The people are friendly.
Sometimes, there-might-be-something-wrong-with-them friendly.
lol

I loved it.
My cousin lives on an old Military housing site. They built tons of small homes, all looking pretty much the same, to house people in the Military a long, long time ago.

I can’t remember what year he said all of the houses were built, but he still has the same carpet in his living room from that eara… so I know it was a long time ago!

lol

Salt Lake City was AMAZING. We went to this place, I can’t really remember what it was called, but for a couple moments I felt like I was in another country.
There was a huge fountain outside these neat buildings.

Ah, I love it there.

I just think it’s really weird that it’s illegal to play the Lottery anywhere in the state! And the Mormons will really try to convert you, but they are nice and really understand and aren’t mean or bothersome about it if you say “oh, no thank you” and be on your way.
I think they’re really strict on alcohol there, too. I don’t remember. I went there before I was 21.

I know there’s a lot of other weird laws.