Ragnar Tomorrow

For those of you that don't know, we are running the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay starting tomorrow morning (Friday) at 7:30. We'll be getting up at 4 a.m. (gross) to drive 2 hours north to Logan Utah where the race begins. Here's a description from the race website:

"Think of it as a 188-mile party with 12 best friends. Teams of 12 will rock out to live bands, enjoy the wacky participant costumes, and make life-long friends with teammates and competitors. Teams will party along the backside of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains from Logan (85 miles north of Salt Lake City) to Park City, Utah (15 miles east of Salt Lake City)."

It should take us approximately 30 hours to complete, so by 1 p.m. local time Saturday we should be pretty exhausted and super hungry. Not to worry, we'll have our camera with us at all times and will be posting pics (and maybe video) by the end of the weekend.

Here's a pretty good youtube video to explain the whole experience.



We've been training for months and are super pumped to start, we'll be running the race with 10 other people from our residency program and are hoping to make it into a yearly tradition. Wish us luck!!!

We Graduated!

We fell a little behind on blogging while in Michigan, and a few friends have asked...

Yep, it's official. We're done with medical school and are now officially doctors :) Here's our favorite picture from the big day (notice the hoods...how cool is that?):

Photo credit - Doug Davey :)

Living in Utah

The wife and I have officially moved into our apartment in Utah, but since we're still in the "setting up" mode you'll have to wait a little while longer for pics of our new digs. In order to tide you over take a look at the sweet view through our living room window.


You're probably feeling a bit jealous after seeing that, but don't forget that we've got a guest bedroom with your name on it and would love to have visitors.

When we got to Salt Lake City last weekend we expected it to be hot and dry (this is how everyone has described the summer weather), but since we've been here it's been unseasonably cold and wet. Here's a stormy picture of the mountains from our balcony.


There have been thunderstorms here everyday and there are more in the forecast for the next week. Who knew we were actually moving to Washington state? On the bright side, our good friends Sylvana and Matt sent us a graduation present that came in the mail yesterday.


I'm going to carry mine with me at all times since patients never seem to believe that I'm old enough to have graduated from college (let alone medical school). Hopefully a novelty mug will be proof enough.

Well that's it for now, we'll have pictures from inside the apartment as soon as we get the place looking presentable.

We're On Our Way To Utah...

We started our move to Utah today! Yesterday we packed up a Uhaul at Nana's with Doug (Matt's dad):

(Ryan, as you can see, we packed your skis well...)

Then, we drove the Uhaul to an ABF loading center...to reload everything into one of their trucks:


After that, we drove to Jackson to spend the night, pack the Civic, and begin our trek to Salt Lake City. This morning, Doug & Alta saw us off:
We were sad to leave but excited to begin our new life as a married couple...on a road trip to our first home:



Along the way, we had some subway:
Then, we stopped at a rest stop:
And now we're in Omaha for the night...exhausted...so we're going to bed:

Goodnight!

We Saw A Moose Today

Seriously! He was less than 20 feet away and looked at us with his moose face! We spent about 3 hours walking on Desolation Trail up to Dog Lake and as we were on the trail chatting away, I heard something move and this is what we saw:After we stared for a few minutes, he started walking away and then we remembered we had the camera :) Anyway, the trail started off as as a pretty easy walk:
And here's what we looked like when we started:
But as we walked, we kept having to step around these weird collections of poop. As we walked, Matt wondered, "What animal does this?"
Anyway, after a while the trail turned to all snow! It was weird though, because in the sun and with the hiking, it wasn't cold at all. Here's what we looked like in short sleeves, hiking in snow:
And for much of the trail, there was a stream of melting snow that we followed. In the spring, all of the snow melts and the water is seriously freezing...here's my reaction:
Anyway, after going up some pretty steep snowy parts...we finally got to Dog Lake...and what do ya know...it was frozen!
Here's what we looked like when we got there:
All in all, a good hike!

We Signed A Lease...Our First Married Home!

Ooooook, so after much deliberation, we made a decision and will be living at Pinnacle Highlands in the Cottonwood Heights area of SLC! We will be living in a 2br/bath apartment...so now there is no excuse for not visiting :) Here's what Matt looks like when we're looking for apartments:
Anyway, there are beautiful views as the complex is kind of perched on a corner:
Here's a close up view...our new apartment is the first floor unit on the right :)

Here's what it looks like from the other side...see the mountains??? Yes!!!The pictures never do it justice...so you'll just have to come and take a look for yourself!

Triumphant Return

The wedding whirlwind is over and we've decided that it's about time we got back to posting on a semi-regular basis. For those of you who don't know, we'll be moving to Salt Lake City next month to start our 3 year residency training at St. Marks. While we're across the country we'd like to keep all our family and friends updated on our goings-on, and we figure the blog is the best/easiest way to do so.

Over the next couple months we'll be driving to SLC to find a place to live, graduating from medical school, moving to SLC, running the Ragnar Relay (a 180 mile relay race we'll be running with other residents/faculty from our program), and officially starting our intern year on June 22.

Be on the lookout for lots of updates (with plenty of pics!), we're looking forward to it.

Much Love,

Matt and Audrey (Mr. and Mrs. Davey)