Some of the comforts of home

As I live here for a longer amount of time and start working on an ambulance, the direction of my blog will shift more towards my experiences and some stories. For now though I'm taking advantage of some free time and exploring the area I'm going to be living in for a while. So yes, pictures will outnumber my words for a while. 

A little bit of back story, I was hired on with another new recruit. He is a medic from Utah as well. He graduated from BYU and went to Mt. Nebos program. Its been fun talking to him about his journey out here and some of the places back home that we were both familiar with. We've both run into some disappointments with California and their gun laws. However we both have in our possession and with us, our 12 gauge shot guns. We decided we would go shooting. Our FTO informed us of a "range" where we could legally shoot our guns. The instructions to get there were typical small town instructions like. a little past the town of Hiouchi you will see two bridges turn right. You will pass over the first bridge. It's called slant bridge because believe it or not... it slants. The second bridge you will pass over is called Second bridge for obvious reasons. Second bridge is known for its rope swing. I will be returning there to participate in that once I have a chance and a local to show me how to do it without getting beat up or die on the rocks. It's a very high swing and looks super easy to screw up. The water in the river is crystal clear and the picture below is taken from the side of Second bridge looking up the canyon. Anyway... back to shooting. After second bridge the instructions were to turn on a gravel road just after that, the road will bend left and the hill on the right is where you're going to shoot. We had forgotten out list of instructions, only made one wrong turn and had a great time. 

 The shadow of second bridge over crystal clear water.

I love the names of some of the roads or destinations around here. Simply put, they call it as they see it.

After shooting I went out to the beach because it was clear and sunny. It was nice to be able to see the horizon line for once. I miss the direct sunlight and getting my tan on. I have a feeling I'm going to be much lighter the next time I see everyone back home. 

This place is soo picturesque, I hope I never get jaded to its beauty. I'm excited to get settled in and get all of this annoying paperwork and jumping through hoops done so I have some real time to sit down and watercolor some of these pictures.

This is the beach that my mom, Kam, Court, and I all had our fire on for their last night here in Crescent City.