Up until tonight, my wife would often let our son play with our cordless phone. I would always get a little mad at her for letting him do it, and I always said he'll end up calling 911 if she continues to let him play with it. Well, about a half-hour ago, we got a call from the 911 dispatcher asking if everything was ok--it turns out that Michael dialed 911, and they had to send the police out to verify that everything was alright. It was pretty embarassing.
Since I can't use my USB port to get the pictures off my camera, I tried using the serial cable that came with the camera. And damn, is it slow--it took me over three hours to get 50 pictures off the camera. Hopefully by this weekend I won't have this problem anymore.
I took my Subaru off-road for the first time today. Traci and I were on our way home from Provo, and right before entering the Red Narrows, we saw some deer grazing just off the road. There is a dirt road that meanders up above where the deer were, so we turned off, put it in 4-low, and crawled up the snow-packed hill. Not only was I relieved that we made it up the hill, but I was surprised at how well the car handled it. The rear-end slid sideways a bit when the road tilted to the left or right, but other than that we went straight up without any slipping and sliding. When we got above the deer, I got out and walked down towards them, and I got to within 75 yards and took some pictures. I think I could have gotten closer, but I didn't want to spook them because the only direction they had to run was towards the highway, and I didn't want to be responsible for injuring or killing any innocent animals (or motorists).
Update: Here are the pictures I took on my way home--some are of the deer, and some are of the ice formed by the groundwater seeping out of the sides of Price Canyon.