Saturday, March 10, 2012

Lava Tubes 2.0

Well, today I, Dad, Hana, Nolan, and Robbie all went down to Meadow UT to go play in the lava tubes, hot springs, and explore the cultural sites in Fillmore. It was fun, and we met this cool guy down there, going to the lava tubes with his kids. He was the quintessential country man, with a twang in his voice, overalls, somewhat-old pickup truck, and two young kids in BDUs. He knew so much about the area, it was pretty cool. At the end, he invited Robbert to shoot a .22 rifle he had, but Rob was scared of the recoil. To dissuade Rob's fears, he took the but, put it to his forehead, and fired, showing the amount of recoil was nothing to fear. Robbie got of one shot, and then he brought out a 270 rifle, and shot it. Apparently, they were out hunting coyotes for a bounty on each one, and his kids wanted to go look at the lava tubes. He was a cool guy, and just got back from Iraq last December. One thing he said was so profound, here it is:
"You can hoard money, you can hoard wealth, you can hoard just about anything, but you can't hoard knowledge. There's no way to stop it from coming out."
A 270 Round, compared to a quarter.
Not my picture.
P.S., you can get $50 for a coyote in Utah. Guess we have too many.

1 comment:

  1. Great post Conner!! One of my favorites yet! Fantastic writing style :)

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