I realize this post is EXTREMELY outdated, but I have time to waste, ergo, it will be posted.
From Tucson we went to Indian Creek, which, naturally, was AMAZING. Splitter hand cracks galore! For two crack climbers though, it was a real learning curve. Matilda didn't enjoy it too much. She developed a bad noise after being forced off-road and into deep sand. Then her boot wouldn't shut despite our best attempts. After much poking, proding and bending, she finally relented. The boot shut, but the noise remained.
After making sure everything was still attached to the underside of the car, we went to Moab, Utah for an all you can eat pizza buffet. Then we got kicked out of arches national park. for trying to camp. in the campground. silliness.
Utah soon gave way to Colorado, where it was cold! REALLY cold at night anyways. A pleasant change though. We hung out in Boulder, seeing friends, climbing the flatirons and hanging in Boulder canyon, getting out all the booty gear we could carry. We also ventured to Fort Collins where we hung out with Jeremy and played our first ever game of disc golf. Which is an awesome sport, in case you're wondering. Then we went to Denver and saw Leah, and went to REI.
Then we started to drive. Across Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Tennesse and into North Carolina.
North Carolina brought rain, which meant no climbing. But, we got to hang out with Jake, Justine and Ryan. Played frisbee golf for the second time ever (in the pouring rain) and ate delicious pizza.
Then we drove to crowder mountain state park to go climbing, where we dried out our tent, towels, ate lunch and slept and read on the bouldering pad. That afternoon we drove to Charlotte and hung out with Grace, which was also pretty sweet.
Back to the Red we went!! Being the in June and sweating my ass off, I assumed that late september would be mild. It was awful. Humidity was 95% at 9 pm. It was like climbing in a sauna. You couldn't use chalk because your hands would turn it into toothpaste before your hand was back on the rock.
Miserable, we heading to Coopers, where it rained. So we hung out at Jsun's, who was nice enough to put us up for a night. Then we drove to Seneca Rocks, were camping was cheaper and it was less likely to rain on us. Seneca was spent climbing a 5.3 for speed in the dark and trying to remove, not 1, but 2 number 1 camalots from the route. (one was removed successfully)
Then we drove to Catonsville, said hi to Amy, julius and the dogs on Tuesday night. Wednesday we went out to Annapolis rocks, where it was windy as hell and covered in school children. Thursday we hiked out, back to Baltimore. Friday Mike packed and I saw Sarah, Amina, Maddie, Greg and Josh at Smoothie King and Bean Hollow.
Saturday Mike left, and I left for CT Sunday morning after stopping by ET and saying hi to Josh. I also managed to leave my pillows and sanuks in Baltimore, so by the time I got to New Jersey and remembered, I successfully convinced myself that they were not important.
Connecticut involved work, laudry, cleaning and organizing. Saw some folk and got very bored. Managed to pack everything (I think). So far all I forgot was my toothbrush and a gyro-ball thing I said I would bring down for Mike. Ooops. Packing Packing Packing.
Now i am off to Tassie!
