Sam Murphy

Weekend of fun

comradescrew — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:39:31 +0000

We just had the first real sunny weekend that I’ve seen since I’ve been here in Vermont. So we had to make the most of it. Saul has been waiting to take the Boat and the Wave-runner out on the lake.
Saturday was the day we hit the lake, it was heaps of fun but I think I got a little too much sun.

Can you tell we are having fun?

And then today we just got back from an overnight camping trip up in the Lye Brook Wilderness. We didn’t see a bear but we had heaps of fun.
We hiked 5 miles the first day and then camped just off the trail. Cooked some dinner and played some cards. The second day we hiked another 5 miles and by the time we reached the end of the trails we where all super tired!

Jenn didn’t have any bugs around!

This is all our food up in a tree so that the bear can’t get it!!

The camping area.

I must say it was a really fun weekend but I think I got a bit too much sun!!

Lye Brock Falls

comradescrew — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:39:35 +0000

Today Saul and I hiked up to Lye Brock Falls which is about a three hour return trip.

It took us close to two hours to get up there because it’s pretty steep on the way up and Gracie one of the dogs ate a toad and wasn’t feeling very well.

Before we could get there we had to cross a section. Which was really devastated by Hurricane Irene, that was really cool to see just how much force and destruction mother nature can do.

Most of the trail was pretty easy going and well maintained, although there was sections that had downed trees and a lot of rocks!

The falls where really cool once we got there.

We also saw a baby Owl on the way out of the trail. It must have fallen out of its nest. We got told about the Owl on the way in but we must have walked right past it.

Vermont days

comradescrew — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:28:25 +0000

I’ve been hanging out in Vermont now for a little while and I must say that it’s been really fun. It’s giving me a great opportunity to get stronger in the gym with great facilities at Stratton Mountain School.

Also it’s been heaps of fun just relaxing and doing stuff I don’t usually get a chance to do.

Also today we saw a baby moose!!! That was pretty sweet, I spotted it and then after we had stopped to have a look everyone was getting out of their car and taking photos.

Here are a few photos of what’s been going on.

This is the gym at SMS, they must have one of the best facilities in the state.

We saw a moose!!

The Cohen’s have more toys than is safe, this is my favorite, the Kawasaki KLX110.

Until next time!

NYC

comradescrew — Wed, 02 May 2012 00:28:37 +0000

Jenn’s family all live in New Jersey which is really close to NYC. So we had to make a trip into the big apple one day.

I was really excited to check it out and do a little bit of shopping.

We Jumped aboard the “Hop on Hop off” style bus which i’m really glad we did as otherwise i dont think i would have enjoyed walking that much.

They also give you a really nice commentary on the bus which give you some New Yorker info which otherwise i would never have known.

I’m having a bit of trouble with my photo’s right now but for now this will hopefully do!

If you have trouble viewing the gallery below just let me know by sending me an e-mail or dropping a comment.

Road Trip Day Two and Three.

comradescrew — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:24:26 +0000

Yesterday we drove through Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,Pennsylvania and stayed the night in New York.

This morning we woke up at a reasonable time and drove the rest of the way into Vermont The Green Mountain State!

When it was all said and done the car had been running for a total of 29 hours which as you can imagine was all on the highway.

Check out the photo’s below.

Road Trip Day One

comradescrew — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:12:50 +0000

It’s time for the Road Trip at the end of the season to get all of Jenn’s college stuff back home for the summer in Vermont.

The car had to come home too so naturally we drove it the 1800 miles to Vermont.

I dont really want to give a running commentary of the trip but i have to say it was pretty fun! I would defiantly do it again, it’s fun to try and plan the whole trip and co-ordinate all the stops and breaks.

We drove from Colorado, through Nebraska and stayed the night in Iowa.

Here are a bunch of photo’s that i took along the way which hopefully tell the story.

Snowmobiling Vail Pass

comradescrew — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:48:36 +0000

Ever since Dad told me he was coming over to visit i said that we had to go snowmobiling up at the Vail pass. So today was the day that myself, Dad and Jenn went out.

It was nearly 60 degree’s fahrenheit and not a breath of wind. A perfect day really!

We got lucky because today was the last day that you could go out.

We got two hours to pretty much do whatever we wanted and go as fast as we could. The tracks where a little bare in some spots but mostly there was heaps of snow. It was nice and firm in the morning and then as the two hours came to an end it was pretty soft.

One of the awesome views we got.

Jenn cooling off, both the snowmobile and herself.

Dad turning her around

Cooling them off.

This was my sled, pretty good i must say!

USASA Nationals

comradescrew — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:10:45 +0000

Sorry for the lack of posts lately but there really hasn’t been much going on since I got back from London.

But the other day I competed in the USASA Nationals which is probably the biggest Amateur contest in the USA.

We started really early which wasn’t fun and the pipe was really icy but you gotta do what you gotta do.

I went for it on my first run and fell but i was fine with that I knew my safety run would be enough to make Finals so I pulled that out in my second run and it landed me in 5th place so I was into the Finals with a score of 77.3.

Finals came around and I just went for it. There was no holding back, I had done what I came I do which was make finals. Both runs I fell on a backside 900 which I wasn’t happy about because I didn’t fall on any all week leading upto the competition. But I’m happy I got a good result.

London Day 2

comradescrew — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:04:20 +0000

I woke up and was surprised that it was sunny.
Our first mission was to go and check out Buckingham Palace of course.
I was pretty surprised at how nice everything was around this area.

The walk upto Westminster Abbey wasn’t too far so that wasn’t too bad.

Everything is pretty close which was really good saved our legs a bit!
Big Ben

Westminster Abbey

I’m not too sure what this is. I think the House of Paliament?

We’ve been taking the subway everywhere and this is unusual seeing one almost above ground.

And we hit up the aquarium which was really sweet one of the better aquariums I’ve been to.

We are so tired from walking round all day so it’s time to relax!

Hyde Park

comradescrew — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:37:57 +0000

Spent a little day in Hyde park yesterday.