Donald Max Gamble died on Monday, January 5th 2009 as the result of a fatal ski accident at the Heavenly Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe, California. At the time of his accident he was vacationing with his wife, five children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The annual family ski trip was an event looked forward to by the entire family. Don, affectionately known as Max by his family of origin, was born in Pocatello, Idaho on December 4th 1939.

Congratulate Catherine if you haven’t already for graduating. She graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelors degree in Theater Studies on May 2, 2008. The end of the tunnel finally came. Way to go Catherine! I’m very proud of your accomplishment.

Here I am sitting at the laundromat bored as can be. Before living where we do now, I’ve never had the need to go to a laundromat before. Now that I do, I realize that I’m not missing out on anything. I do usually enjoy some good people watching but unfortunately the people here just aren’t interesting to watch. I guess atleast there aren’t brats running around like last time.

As some may know, Catherine, Brian and myself have kind of made it a tradition to head to the Redwood Road drive-in every Sunday once it’s warm enough. Today kicked off the first time for this season. To make it more fun, we usually don’t decide what we are seeing until we get there.  Nice thing is you get 2 movies for the price of one.  Good times.

Finally I have my digital camera back!  During our last move into our current house, I “misplaced” the battery charger for my digital camera.  Unfortunately this means a dead battery which means no camera.  Because of this, I got no good photos from my last 2 camping trips this year.  :(   I had to rely on my iphone for a few photos but it wasn’t enough.