Newest Edition!

Just added a Remington .22 with scope to my gun library... At the request from Bobbie... Here are some pictures of Luke and not me!Luke decided to use the extra vacuum hose as his "bling"...

Merry X mas!

Winter storms this weekend kept UHP busy as it always does. There are many stupid drivers out there and the slick roads lets us know exactly who they are. They get away with it on dry roads, but they can't hide from slick, icy roads! Idiot was going to fast and slid off the road. In about 20 minutes, about 15 mexicans showed up to help push out. They were unsuccessful and I made them leave because they were becoming a traffic hazard. Christmas Season brought a good samaritan to this lucky fella. This gal saved us time and him money as she stopped and pulled him out with a winch on the front of her truck. Yeah, believe it or not...It was a Toyota Tacoma with a Tomboy driving it. I let her slide this time on her illegally lifted truck...

New 2008 photos!

We just had our new section photos taken for the upcoming year. Here are the two best shots. We just had our section X-mas party at the Governor's mansion. There were five awards presented... I took home one of them! The five were: Most DUI's, most Warrant arrests, most stolen vehicles, most Drug arrests, and Outstanding Trooper of the Year! Joe Morley's was the caterer...if you have not eaten there, you are missing out. It is fabulous food. A trooper in our section put together the video for our section this year. It is really good, and I will bring it down over Christmas for everyone to see. Last year, you all saw mine...which was basically just a slide show of pictures throughout the year. This trooper has talent in editing video and comprised our dash cam videos and some videos from the Capitol Security cameras to create a great section video...You will have to wait and see! Oh yeah, Not to brag or anything...but I was awarded Outstanding Trooper of the Year! See yal on December 26th...

Funny story!

The other day I was driving in to work and was thinking: "It has been awhile since I got a seatbelt ticket." Sure enough a few minutes later someone generous to help me out with this small dilema entered I-15 at 7200 South and crossed over the gore area to the left. And sure enough, he was not wearing a seatbelt. Which normally I would have just let him go, but it was on my mind and seatbelt being a secondary offense, I now had probable cause to stop and cite. So I did...During stop, I approached vehicle and stated who I was and the reason for the stop. Driver then notified me that he did not have his license with him...ha whatever. I asked if he did not have it with him? or is it suspended? he stated it was suspended. I returned to my car with his name and DOB to issue him a citation. Turns out, He had a Suspended license, no insurance, and five warrants out for his arrest totalling about $10,000. I hooked him. During search of his vehicle, I found a pipe used for smoking marijuana as well. I live for this job!!! All I was itching for was a seatbelt violation and what did I find? Seatbelt violation, crossed over gore, no insurance, driving on suspended license, drug paraphernelia, and FIVE warrants. Then, as we were driving to the jail...he confessed to smoking weed yesterday and I was too late. I advised him that even though he may not be high right now...It is still in your system and if I took a blood test, I could charge you with that as well. Retard, had no idea it stayed in your system for days at a time. But, I did not draw blood. I had enough to deal with... So he is cuffed in my car and we are heading to the jail talking. Being the genious that he is, tells me that: "if it weren't for guys like me, you wouldn't even have a job." I responded with: "Lucky for me, there are plenty of you out there. I want to thank you." I then reached over to shake his hand.... I chuckled! "Sorry, steel bracelets come with the job." It suddenly got quiet and enjoyed silence the rest of the way to the jail...

Grandparents Ashmore 57th Anniversary

We forgot to bring a camera and had to use my camera phone. It was so cold that the lil tiny lens kept fogging up. It was Grandparents Ashmore's 57th anniversary. We took them to Macaroni Grill in Salt Lake and then headed over to Temple Square to see the lights. They had never been to either, so it was alot of fun...but cold. Then for a bonus, we listened to the end of the BYU Football game on the way home. When BYU scored to make it 48 - 27 , I yelled touchdown and pumped my fist in the air. Luke did the same and yelled "tutdon". It was close enough for me... I cried a little. *TEAR

Increased Visibility!

My patrol car in front of Capitol. We are increasing our prescence as it will be opening back up in a few weeks. Capitol Bike Patrol!

BYU wins 27-22!

These pictures were taken with my camera phone. November 8th, Thursday at 7pm BYU played TCU. There were a lot of exciting moments, but again, Max Hall seemed off. Near the end of the game was scary when they let TCU creep back into it. It was exciting though. Eric was my date for the game and we had a lot of fun. Gooch left in the 3rd quarter and did not return. Unga was shut down as well as others at the line. Max Hall was off. We had a couple of big plays that were really exciting. Other than that, I really don't know how we pulled it off. But that is what I like about Sports I guess. You never know what is going to happen. Glad Eric could come to the game with me. Thanks to Joe for moving away!

Oct. 2007 Deer Hunt

Eric glassing for Bucks on Opening day! Dave glassing for Bucks on opening day! Not seeing anything yet...so I struck a pose to kill the time! Friday morning, Oct. 26th...Sittin on my ridge before sunrise. Can't beat doin this! Friday evening, Oct. 26th...Hard work paid off...Beautiful four point buck! Thanks to Dad, Eric, and Joe... we spotted a buck at about 6pm. It took me four shots. He never turned broadside, and was surrounded by trees, so I took my shots with him facing away from me. The first two shots missed. The third shot hit his antlers and sent him in a scurry, got confused and ran in circles. Fourth shot, kill!

Saturday, Oct. 20th - BYU wins 42-7

Snow is just starting to fall... Snow is coming down hard... These shots were taken with my camera phone. I did not take a final shot, but by the end of the game, the field was completely covered in white. It made ESPN too. Granted we played a 1AA school and should have won easily, but the score should be way higher. Other than Harvey Unga, BYU played like crap and still put up 45 points and held Eastern Washington to only 7 points. If Max Hall played his A game, we would have easily put up 60+ points. Anyway, I was prepared for the cold weather and had 5 layers on. So it was actually alot of fun and not miserably cold. I'm also impressed with my camera phone. It takes pretty good pictures!

"Now that's a knife!"

Please, Eric and Brett...put those lil things you call a knife away. In the words of Al Pacino, "Say hello to my new friend."

Wednesday, Oct. 10th

Beauty in its natural state. Dad meandering down with his rifle in hand. I drove up for the evening to help dad with his hunt. We saw nothing this day but did enjoy being out and about admiring the beauty of our surroundings. The shot above is one of the many beauties we encountered.

Shift change!

Just wanted to let all of you in the loop. I just switched shifts. I now work graveyard shift. I will work from 10pm to 8am on Sat,Sun,Mon,Tue.

Cookie Monster!

Luke loves Oreo cookies! He likes to pull them apart, eat the filling then eat the sides. He eats those peanut butter and cheese crackers the same way. As far as I know, he picked it up on his own.

Huntin Season coming soon!

Accidental Discharge!

If you look closely, The magazine is still in the gun. So when the slide went forward. It loaded a bullet in the chamber. I believe he was going to take the slide off for the class. In order to do that, you have to pull the trigger. Boom...watch and see!

Huntin season starts soon!

Car vs. Deer

Stinky responsiblilities!

Is there really that much POOP that they need to assign somebody for the job! And just what is the job description?

Sept. 1st...It all begins!

The season is almost upon us...Joe and I will be sitting 16 rows back from the BYU turf in the south endzone...They are the same seats we had last year and seem to be really good seats unless the plays are at the North end zone side... Last year was a blast! I'm so excited!

August 16-18...Scout Trip

We day hiked to Scout Falls, which is up the Mt. Timpanogos trail on the Sundace side... it is only about a mile from camp My farmer tan beats yours! Anyday, anytime! Beat that Daniel and Dad...and yes, I snapped this shot! The leaders' packs! Guess which one is mine! Our camp...Unit 21 at Mt. Timpanogos campround just past Aspen Grove by Sundance...We leaders statyed in the trailer, while the scouts slept in the tent off to the right(hidden by trees). This trip was Plan B, due to poor weather at Zion's National Park... There were chances of flash flooding, so we camped near the Alpine Loop instead. We day hiked over to Stewart Falls and then up to Scout Falls.

2 hour trip...

Heading into Springville Canyon... A small attempt to muddy it up a little...only found two small mud puddles! We headed up Spanish Fork Canyon on Highway 6...turned off to Diamond Fork Canyon and checked out the camprounds for future use... At the end of the canyon is a dirt road that connects to a few places, one being Hobble Creek Canyon, which exits into Springville... It was a lot of fun... The same dirt road branches off towards Strawberry Reservoir, which we will attempt another day...

Two of a Kind

Got bored of sitting around camp, so we walked a little ways up Timpanogos Trail on the Sundance side...

1995 Jayco Eagle Series 10

We recently bought John and Sunni's Tent trailer to make room for their new gooseneck trailer. We took it to Timpanogos Campround up by Sundance just before we bought it to give it a test drive... The Pilot pulls it great! Luke has to copy everything I do...He say me and Erin talking on our lil two way radios and he had to have both of them... I clipped them on my pockets, so he had to do the same... so cute! Dinner is served! I just un hooked the Pilot, so of course Luke had to help...so cute!

Birthday Party! JULY 20th...

Grandpa Ashmore bought me a pinata, "Cars" theme... Joe was the rope puller, amateur... I broke it open in three hits... Little rascals are stealing all my candy...

Bear Lake - Utah-Idaho July 16-19

Erin and Luke lookin pretty... sun is going down, we are crusin off the lake Cousins chillin in the boat... Jackson, Tessa, and Luke! This is the Idaho side of the lake... pulled right up and set up day camp... Who needs a beach! We also rented a four wheeler and this in a canyon in St. Charls Idaho near Bear Lake

Dave on the wakeboard... Dave tearing it up on the kneeboard Erin helping Luke hold the flag...

Just after the Heywood Reunion in SoCal, we headed to Bear Lake with Erin's family. It was a blast. We stayed in Utah, but spent a day on the Idaho side just outside of St. Charles.