Stuck in The Elevator...

Today has been one of those days... Seriously.

While running around doing errands at the Church Office Building, I was in one of the elevators going between the 21st and 27th floor and it started to act funny. Meaning...it wouldn't open the doors when I got to my floor. So I pushed the button for another floor, and it did the same thing. It would go the floor, but not open the door. I figured I'd take it down to the very bottom and see if I could figure something out there. Well...so at about the 18th floor it stopped suddenly and jolted a bit. I get this female recording telling me not to be alarmed. That didn't help. If anything...it made me more worried. It finally starts up again and I get to the bottom floor and pry the stupid doors open. It was a relief to get out of the dang thing. Glad I wasn't stuck for good. I've always wondered what that would be like....

I woke up to over 6 inches of snow. Luckily I took the bus today and got to sleep through all the nasty traffic. However, when I woke up when we got to Salt Lake it took me back because Salt Lake didn't get ANY snow. Ok...maybe a slight dusting on the benches, but nothing on the streets. Weird feeling to fall asleep with tons of snow and wake up and have it be a completely different world.

View from my Apartment

This would be what it looks like in Salt Lake in front of the Church Office Building. Green Grass, blooming flowers, etc... You'll notice the sidewalk isn't even wet... So strange...

Pictures from Belize

I got to go to Belize for a business trip. This was my first Official business trip. I was pretty excited about it.

These first couple of pictures are of some of the Mayan ruins found at a place called Altuna Ha about an hours drive from Belize City. These were amazing and the pictures just don't do them justice. Wikipedia does a pretty good job giving more detail found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altun_Ha

Instead of going with a tour guide, a few of the people that work for Maya Island Air said they would take us. Left to Right: Me, Ronica, Ronice, and Victor. Fun group for sure!On our way to the ruins we saw a man walking down the street with a huge boa constrictor around his neck. We stopped the truck and talked to him for awhile. He's American, but killed a guy and has been in Belize ever since. He catches snakes and knows quite a bit about them. He's a bit crazy, but a lot of fun to talk to. I was brave enough to hold the butt end of the snake. I was fine until he stuck the head end close to my face. The picture doesn't show it, but I was freaking out. You'll also notice he has 2 boas around his neck.

On Saturday we went to a place called Jaguar Paw and went ziplining through the jungle tree tops and also cave tubing. Here is us geared up ready to go.
Left to Right: David (coworker and cousin), Me, Cory (my boss)

I forgot my underwater camera, so I only have pictures of the caves at the end of the trip. We had headlamps and could see the stalactites and stalagmites in the caves. We even got lucky and saw a few bats. It was a beautiful warm day and the water was cool and refreshing. Tons of fun!

We had a bit of a hike through the jungle. We saw kahune nuts and termites. We taste tested both.

David and I got to fly around to some of the different Maya Island stations. I got to go to San Pedro in a little islander airplane. It seats 6. I got to sit right behind the pilot. Good motivation to get my pilot's license! :)

The white tips of waves are caused by the water hitting the reef that runs parallel to Belize. Not quitie as impressive as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, but a lot of scuba divers say it's close.

San Pedro is tiny. Mainly a tourist trap with beautiful beaches, gift shops, and dive boats. The roads are narrow and you'll see most people driving around on golf carts or bicycles.

Views of the beach.

San Pedro work traffic.