I want to go back to elementary school. Not high school, not middle school, or college, but if I had a choice to go back to school, I would go back to elementary school. Recess three times a day, playing kickball, basketball, soccer, or playing on the playground. You get to be with your friends all day long and finger paint and listen to storytime. Get a hot meal for lunch and come home after school, eat a snack and play with your friends some more then eat a good meal made by mom. Then play or watch tv afterwards. You don't have to worry about work, paying bills, taking care of yourself, drive, or going to the store. That would be nice.
I remember in my elementary school there were a lot of fun stuff going on. So much stuff. Like Readasaurus's birthday party, Halloween Carnival, Christmas parties(no learning all day long, just eat candy and watch movies all day...with your friends), star show in Mrs. Madsen's dome tent in the library, Gold Notes, recess, recess, and recess. I remember seeing a cow on the school grounds, that was a big deal for us, maybe the grown ups too. He was standing there eating the grass. I remember Junior Genius, that took a lot effort. Also the Pioneer thingy thing in 4th and 5th grade, I won a quilt made by all the kids in those grades, each kid sewed a square cloth to make a quilt, I still have that quilt, it's out in the cabin and I shouldn't be using it anymore and put it somewhere where no one can touch it because that is something neat to treasure.
All the teachers were really fun, good old Miss Erickson, she died a while ago, then Mr. Barthlomew, he is still teaching there, Mrs. Stoddard was a very friendly teacher, also died. They actually cared about you. If I chose anywhere I want to go right now and there are no laws, I would go to elementary school and ride my bike every day. Talk about fun, fun, fun!
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Mt. Nebo
Sanpete Valley
A better view of Sanpete Valley
It was fun. There were quite a lot of snowmobilers and snowboarders at Fairview Canyon and it was warm, I even saw a boarder wearing a wife beater's shirt. I went out in the backcountry to get away from all the crowds, a nice day today.
I had a dream about these things lastnight so then I googled it and I would like to get one of these and they look pretty dang fun. There are a lot of snowmobile trails up in the mountains and snow covered roads and trails around here you can ride this thing on. I saw one of these in the bike shop last year and they were pretty expensive but now I googled it and they are for sale for $449 for the track and ski kit to hook on your mountain bike. It is called the Ktrak. The price is not that bad and it is probably something to think about getting for next winter. Maybe it would be a little cheaper by next year. I can think about many routes I can go on with this thing and think about how fun it would be with the snow for a change. It would only add five pounds to your bike and keep winter alive! Looks funner than snowshoeing!
This is what I missed out in the summer of '99 while I was on my mission in the Northwest! Oh dear. Now I have to go back and do some riding! All I did was ride on the paved roads to people's houses and I missed out all of this? 
