Monday, October 26, 2009

Finally Home!



Hannah, Josh, and I headed to Salt Lake City, UT, to see the new movie Paranormal Activity and to check out a haunted house. I also finished off my little project in Echo on the way. The movie was great and the haunted house was fun, but that wasn't the whole objective of the trip. One added bonus was that we were finally pick up our newest member of our family, Mayla, our whippet puppy. Mayla was born on September 1, 2009 in Clovis, New Mexico. Her parents were bread as champion show dogs, instead of racing dogs. I hope this lowers her prey drive, for we have 3 cats and a ferret. She has already taken a liking in the ferret and the cats are warming up to her. We have been kind of dealing with some weaning problems, so she sleeps with us and we spoil her slightly. She has been dealing with the cold weather pretty well. Not bad for a gangly whippet from New Mexico. Can't wait until spring, so we can take her outside and have her run around a little more. We are happy to have her home!

Mayla waiting to come home
On her way home

Friday, October 9, 2009

Weather is bad...but keeping the psych up!

The weather this year has been weird. Just a week ago I was hanging my draws on a new project in Lander. We had a great day climbing in the warmth and were ready to get back up to Sinks to finish all our projects. We woke the next day to almost 3" of snow and no chance of letting up. We all headed home feeling frustrated and teased. The weather still hasn't let up and it might not for a few more days. But, we are still keeping the psych up. We have been exploring new potential routes and boulders, even getting to sink some bolts in on some rad lines. It's great to put up new routes and problems. It takes a lot of time and energy, but gives you something to get psyched about. It's great to give back to climbing and put up new routes for people to do. We will be heading to American Fork or to explore Echo Canyon, Utah tomorrow.Hopefully get on the other side of this storm system and get some climbing in.