(The places are not necessarily in order of top to bottom.)
1.Machu Piccu- To hike the thousands of steps up into a forgotten city...
2.The Great Barrier Reef
3.Futaleufu River, Patagonia Chile-We went to a travel show last year and saw a presentation on this river. I was somewhat awed and still have the pamphlet tucked beneath my bed.
4.Waimea Canyon on the Island of Kauai
5.Neuschwanstein Castle-because every girl at some point wanted to be a princess.
6.Palizzi, Italy
7.Santorini Greece
8.Bora Bora-If you do a web image search you'll understand.
9.The Great Wall of China and the Terra Cotta Warriors-Tony may already have been there, but he'll have to take me back.
10.Russia-I'd like to see the churches in St. Petersburg and Moscow.
11.Eiffel Tower and the French countryside
12.Panama Canal
13.Scotland
14.Australia and New Zealand
15.Seychelles
16.Tulips and windmills in Holland
17.Amazon River
18.Galapagos Islands
19.African Safari
20.Ancient Ruins in Guatemala or Mexico (Mayan or whatever...)
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Sentencing
The court held the sentencing hearing yesterday. From my understanding, this was something of a formality since Ragsdale, the prosecutors and the judge had already agreed to a sentence in the plea agreement.
Basically, the hearing was people to express how Kristy's death has affected them. Ann spoke for about 20 minutes, a cousin got up, the parents of the 8-year-old witness spoke about how it has affected him and their lives, and someone a couple others spoke as well.
In the end, the sentence was what we assumed it would be, per the plea agreement -- 20 years to life with the possibility of parole. That means that he won't be eligible for parole for 20 years, but he may never get it. If you read the comments to the online news stories you'll see people are very upset, thinking he got off easy. I have two things to say about that. First, they assume he WILL be out in 20 years, or less, which isn't true. Second, from what we have heard, he will be in solitary confinement for the first five years because the inmates in the state pen have already made it clear how they feel about him. I'm not condoning such behavior, just saying anyone who thinks he's getting off easy is out of touch with reality.
You can read more at www.ksl.com, www.deseretnews.com, and www.sltrib.com.
tp
Basically, the hearing was people to express how Kristy's death has affected them. Ann spoke for about 20 minutes, a cousin got up, the parents of the 8-year-old witness spoke about how it has affected him and their lives, and someone a couple others spoke as well.
In the end, the sentence was what we assumed it would be, per the plea agreement -- 20 years to life with the possibility of parole. That means that he won't be eligible for parole for 20 years, but he may never get it. If you read the comments to the online news stories you'll see people are very upset, thinking he got off easy. I have two things to say about that. First, they assume he WILL be out in 20 years, or less, which isn't true. Second, from what we have heard, he will be in solitary confinement for the first five years because the inmates in the state pen have already made it clear how they feel about him. I'm not condoning such behavior, just saying anyone who thinks he's getting off easy is out of touch with reality.
You can read more at www.ksl.com, www.deseretnews.com, and www.sltrib.com.
tp
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Hearing update
David Ragsdale was scheduled to be sentenced today. However, he has apparently been very ill for about ten days and the jailers say he's too weak to move (they would have to take him from the county jail, to the courthouse, then straight to the state prison. The judge has re-scheduled it for 10:30 tomorrow (Friday) morning, ill or not.
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