What did you do in Burley?

I don't get to go back to the motherland that often, but usually when I do, I wonder how I made it.

You know how, when driving back to Burley (if you take the Declo Highway into town) you don't see a single house until after you go over a certain ridge east of Declo, when all of a sudden see the whole Magic Valley? Back when I was a young lad I thought it was a sight to behold--a vast population in the otherwise barren landscape of southern Idaho.

Now is like: "This is it? This is where I grew up? What the heck did I do? There's nothing here...."

Old pictures like these, however, offer insightful reminders of what, more or less, I did to pass the time in my hometown. If you were not part of the "cool" crowd at school (where getting drunk and vandalizing were pretty much your main options), you had to be a bit more creative. (As you could probably guess, we were nearing the limit of our creative genius when Steve, Cameron, and I decided to visit department stores armed with nothing but a camera.)

These pictures were shot--I'm guessing--sometime in 1997. Whether it was before graduation or after, I don't know....

Anyhow, I have some pretty recent news on both Steve and Cameron, but I won't tell you too much.

Cameron has posted his own update. Keep reading...

Steve as been married for over 5 years now, and they have a house in Burley. (They live in my parent's ward, for that matter.) He is teaching at the high school and (I think) taking classes either toward a masters degree or another type of teaching specialization.

Also, I'll let you in on what I know about other people:

Adam Wayment and wife are (still?) living in Baltimore as he works toward a PhD at Johns Hopkins.

Russell Searle and wife and kid (or are they just pregnant?) are living up in Portland (I think his wife is from up there somewhere) where he is attending dental school. He is getting through school with help from the military (one branch or another), so he is a serviceman and will be for at least a few years after he graduates....

Dave and Kate Tuft live in North Carolina where Dave is working at the Univ. of North Carolina. He's got his masters (or is getting pretty close?) and (I think) he hopes on continuing on toward a PhD or getting rich working somewhere else. They just had a baby girl in December.

That's all I can think of for now. Enjoy your March!

-Scott

PS: Most of us have blogged at least once--perhaps its time for round two: posting pictures. Kudos to Becky, who was able to do so in her first post.

Also, let me know who else we can include in our little blog. We've got more friends than this!