Bishop, California!
October 22nd, 2023
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Solar Eclipse in an Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
October 22nd, 2023East side of the Sierra Nevadas, California.
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No van, no worries!
October 22nd, 2023Van is in the shop for waaaaay longer than expected. The trip must go on!!!
will fit 4 people, 4 crashpads, a week’s worth of food and clothes, and all our totally not-optimized-for-car-camping camping gear (dumped directly from the van into this behemoth less than 12 hours before departure)
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City to Summit
October 13th, 2023The big event that Paul and Manu have been training for all summer has come: Trail running from the desert base of Mt. Lemmon (Tucson) to it’s mountain forest summit, a 20 mile endeavor with around 7,000 over 8,000 feet of elevation gain.
Well folks, mission accomplished. The boys crushed it.
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Now let’s move the fun factor needle back to max and keep it there for more than just a weekend please
October 8th, 2023Grit, Manu, Rio and Rosa arrived Thursday. And the needle is pegged at max! Woohoo!
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Weekend Play to the Rescue
September 4th, 2023It’s been a heck of a summer. Somehow four months has whipped right past my eyes, a blur of house projects, play dates, teenage social life obligations, gymnastics, gymnastics and more gymnastics and way too much work. Plans to head up to the cool pines of Flagstaff for a day of bouldering kept getting canceled, or postponed. Tired and grumpy seemed to be tainting our usually psyched and happy household. We needed to get out, just the four of us. Needed to wake up in the van, hike out to some good boulders and pull hard, head back to camp and make some simple food, climb into our sleeping bags all sweaty and dirty, wake up and do it again. And if we really wanted to pamper ourselves, throw a big ‘ol epic hike on top of all that. Yes, this is exactly what this family needed.
That’s it. We’re going. And we’re leaving Friday. Or one of us will most definitely spontaneously combust.
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The Tucson sunsets are kickin!
August 10th, 2023LOVE this time of year.
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Park City Wrap Up
August 1st, 2023Silas and Ivan had a blast with Aunt Holly & Uncle Joe (photos below). Now back to school, tomorrow. Sheesh! Where did the summer go?!
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Hiking and Biking
July 16th, 2023…in Park City. And some live music too!
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Mmmm Mountain Air
July 15th, 2023Getting the kids situated for a week at Uncle Joe and Aunt Holly’s in Park City, Utah. Yep, luckiest kids EVER!
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