Our cat, Hexus, has been a champ ever since Henry was born. Henry pulls his tail, hits his head, pulls his hair and wrestles with him – and he just takes it. When Hexus has enough, though, he gives a warning scratch and then Henry gets the message. After chasing the poor thing all around the other night, Henry decided he wanted to carry him around like his toy and tried to pick him up. Hexus was good about it for a couple tries and then scampered off after he figured he was going to get all his hair pulled out!
Come're you cat!Got him!Poor cat doesn't know what to do
Henry refused to take a nap today and instead ran around all over the place while we were working outside. It finally caught up to him while he was trying to eat dinner. Poor baby.
For Thanksgiving this year, we decided to change things up and head out West to the small town of Bishop, CA for a solid week of climbing. Upon arriving, the events that followed made us think we were cursed by the Gods and should just go drive the trailer off a cliff and give up on camping forever.
First off, when we arrived at the camp site and tried to set up the camper, we had to pull so hard on the canvas to snap it to the base of the trailer (because it was so cold) that Tom ripped off a button which left a hole for cold air to come through. THEN, we found out that we needed an adapter for our 15 amp plug to fit into the 30 amp reciever to get electricity. Tom drove out to 5 different stores but couldn’t find one. So that night, we had no electricity but were able to stay fairly warm with 4 blankets on top of us all huddled together in the queen size bed. Then the next day, while rain was pouring down and our potential climbing days looked bleak, the groundskeeper came to our rescue by giving us an adapter that someone had left there previously! With power finally coursing through the trailer, we turned on our electric blankets, lights, heaters, microwave and music and started getting psyched!
The first two days, we were able to get out to the boulders in the late afternoon after the weather broke and climb until around 4 pm when the sun fell behind the big mountains and the temp dropped too low for us to feel comfortable keeping Henry out there. We took a rest day on Tuesday and were able to scrounge up some swimwear to go to the Keough Hot Springs about 10 minutes away from our site where we all soaked in a 104 degree pool. It was HEAVEN. Then we climbed from 10 in the morning till sunset for the remaining 4 days. For the insiders, here are the highlights:
The Hulk (V6) – T Almost Stuck the Right Cross 🙁
Action Figure (V6) – M Almost Nailed the Pocket….Next Time…
Anti-Hero (V5) – M & T Send Fest!!
Gleaner (V6) – M Big-Time Send!
The Clapper (V6) – T Big-Time Send!
Every Color You Are (V6) – M & T Almost Got the Last Throw….It’s Going Down Next Time Baby!
Ketron Classic (V4) – M & T Piece of Cake!!
Sucker Punch (V4) – M Nice Technical Send…V4 My Ass!!
Serengeti (V5) – T Final Hour Send!
It was a great trip and Henry did so well. He had a lot of fun throwing rocks around and flirting with the pretty climbing girls we met. It ended up taking us around 14 hours to get home because of traffic and after getting home really late last night, we are glad to be back. Hopefully we can make another trip out there in the next year to address some unfinished business with a couple of the boulders. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
First day out – Henry and I happy to be outsideSitting in a cool little nookEast MountainsTommy and Henry soaking up the remaining sunlightSunsetHenry drinking eggnog – his favorite!Getting ready to go out for the day – I had to force him to wear a hatChowing down on a Z barDawn on the West MountainsMisty and chilly up on Mt. TomOur nice little set up at the campgroundHenry passing the time playing with Q tips
Maria getting her first big send of the trip: Anti-Hero (V5). You can hear Henry adding his motivational words in the background!!!
Henry and Tommy ascending from the Sad BouldersGrabbing some snacks while we worked on a problemThis one’s for you bro – warming up on Joseph V3Tommy working on Gleaner V6Me doing the drop knee on Gleaner
Maria’s 2nd big send of the trip: Gleaner (V6).
Henry and I warming up in the trailerTommy taking a go on Hulk V6Henry munching on his cliff barBeing goofyTommy warming at the top of the Happy BouldersGorgeous viewMt. Tom in the sunTommy working on The Clapper V6Going for the sloperMy little monster
Henry playing around while Daddy climbs:
Happy Thanksgiving!Our instant meal!Mmmmm – Thanksgiving dinner camping style!Chowing down – we were ravenousAll done climbing!
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!!
Henry messing around with his Vikings scarf from Aunt NancyHuddled together for a pic (forgot to wipe the Nutella from Henry's face)Tommy working on Bad Ass V5Henry chalking upAbsolutely gorgeous weather during the daysTrying to keep warm in the trailer
Well Henry decided that oatmeal and yogurt weren’t enough for breakfast this morning so he ate his crayons for a snack. It took me about 10 minutes to get them all out of his teeth. Then this afternoon he proceeded to eat my cherry chapstick in the car after I gave it to him to calm him down. Crazy child!
The scene of the crime...He knows he's in trouble...The colors of the rainbow
