We spontaneously decided to get up to Flag one more weekend this year to try and send our hard projects. Tommy was succesful in sending Anorexic on his second attempt the first day. The second day we weren’t able to get out to our other project, Carnivore, because of the crowds at the boulders. Oh well…maybe next year.
Our next big trip is coming up this Friday when we head up to Bishop, CA to climb around on the plethora of boulders up there for about a week. Thank God we’ll be able to plug the trailer in and get some HEAT so we don’t freeze to death like we almost did last weekend!!
Went up to Flagstaff over the weekend for our annual shooting trip. Froze our butts off while out trying to shoot stuff for 5 hours. The weather didn’t cooperate too well but we still had a great time hanging out with Keith and Dana and got a couple hours of climbing in too.
Well, my trip up to VT didn’t go off without a hitch. Instead of arriving on Tuesday night, I ended up having to catch a 6 hour bus ride from the JFK airport at midnight to get to Burlington at 6 am on Wednesday morning because Delta cancelled my flight. (For a complete bullsh*t reason, I’ll have you know.) However, I did get a perk waiting in the airport when I met the super athlete of climbing, Chris Sharma. He was waiting for his flight to LA and I sat down and chatted with him for a couple minutes. It was awesome and he is a really cool, down to earth guy.
I got NO sleep on the bus ride up to Burlington and was completely exhausted when Holly picked me up but was atleast entertained by an Englishman who went ballistic on the Delta agent after they lost his luggage. Maybe it was because I was so tired. When Holly picked me up we went directly home where I crashed in bed for about 4 hours before feeling like I could actually function again.
While there, it rained for about 3 days straight and flooded the lakes and rivers around the town and we got to see HUGE rapids coming down little streams right near the house. We also hiked and ran around in the rain on all the beautiful trails around the area. Holly and Scott took me canooing in the lake right by their house and also up to a local reservoir that is huge and absolutely beautiful. The whole trip was action packed and a total blast. I fell in love with the place and am now trying to convice Tommy that we should move East to enjoy all the perks of a lush, green environment instead of melting to death here in the desert. He’s been receptive, but said he was ready for my sales pitch all along. 🙂 Gonna have to pull out all the charm I’ve got on this one.
Took a quick trip up to NM this weekend to get some more work done on mom’s house. Put some trim pavers in and Tommy finished up the roof and entryway tile. Henry stayed with Oma because I’m leaving for VT tomorrow for a whole week! I miss him like crazy already!!!!! Boooo! Hopefully I’ll have some good pics from the trip though. I’ll show you when I get back. 🙂
Well, Henry took his first trip on an airplane as we made our way up to MT to visit Dad, Tess and Aunt Nancy, while she was visiting from FL, this past week. It was definately an adventure and overall Henry was a pretty good little boy. He did throw some wicked tantrums going through airport security but thanks to our endless attention on the plane, he actually got a few compliments from surrounding passengers! We had a wonderful time and were sad to leave yesterday but happy to catch up with family and friends we rarely get to see. Love you guys!