« February 2006 | Main | April 2006 »
March 31, 2006
Birthday Girl
Happy Birthday to April!!! I got crazy and made an applesauce spice cake lastnight. Wow! It came out awesome. Now we're off for some Hueco climbing. ha ha. Just can't get enough.
Posted by Paul at 05:39 AM | Comments (2)
March 29, 2006
Trip Report Coming Soon...
We made it back from Fontainebleau France and are going about our daily routines. When we recover from our travels we will have videos and pictures up sometime Sunday. Stay tuned for the summary of all the stuff we did. It was AWESOME!!!
Posted by Paul at 09:48 PM | Comments (0)
March 22, 2006
Salut from France
finally made it to a internet cafe
the keyboards are so different. ill list the highlights
first of all everything is great
the weather was awesome for the entire 1st week.
we are living in french luxury in a beautiful rural gite in the country with grit from Germany and her boyfriend manu.
the large city near us is étampes.
everyone speaks french. thanks to grit we made our way through some crazy situations.
we ran into so many people we know from the US climbing scene. we are learning french at a very fast, forced rate. it is awesome.
climing is amazing. each day we go to a new area that is as big as some areas at hueco.
the climbing is very different though. very technical. the turtle shell slopers are RAD!
the wine and bakeries are a part of our daily routine.
went to paris yesterday by metro.
will go back to go inside the louvre.
today we went in the castle of fontainebleau.
today it is raining and we are taking advantage of rest time
hopefully tomorrow it will clear and we can try another ton of new problems that are some of the best in the world.
Posted by Paul at 07:47 AM | Comments (1)
March 13, 2006
Fontainebleau Time
Posted by Paul at 09:57 PM | Comments (1)
March 12, 2006
Sunday Morning Snow
Yesterday it looked like it was going to rain all day. There were thick black clouds over the Catalina Mts. but for the most part they stayed put. They didn't drop anything on our house. April and I even got a little cocky and said, "It isn't going to rain. The clouds are just messing with us. Let's go running in Sabino Canyon." So we did and we had a perfect run in nice cool temps.
Overnight was another story. We woke up around 2AM to a loud wind and the pitter patter of rain on our roof. I said, "The mountains are definately getting a ton of snow. It's going to be awesome in the morning." Sure enough, I woke up to April saying, "Get up! Get the camera and get out there!"
The Catalina Hwy. is currently closed because we tried to drive up there. Hopefully later we can venture up into the snow and get a few sled rides in or something. Here are a few pics we took.
Posted by Paul at 08:59 AM | Comments (0)
March 04, 2006
La Roca
My parents are here! We spent the day in Mexico shopping around and had lunch at a great resturant. Many thanks to our friend Gina. She recommended the resturant "La Roca" and told us how to get there. It was awesome!!!
Posted by Paul at 11:04 PM | Comments (0)
March 01, 2006
April's New Crashpad!!!!!!!
Organic is the name. Custom, handmade crashpads is their game.
Ok everyone. No more picking on my old, beaten to a pulp, millimeter thin crashpad (aka "The Napkin") anymore. Yes, it's true. Tis a sad day indeed because I am officially....retiring.....The Napkin. Oh yes, you heard me correctly,....retirement. The Napkin will now enjoy a slow-paced, peaceful, relatively calm and quiet existence out in the backyard under the woody with the other old and frail pads. The Napkin will soon realize that it's youthful energy-filled days have come to a close. It is time for The Napkin to pace itself, take it slow, relax, enjoy the scenery. Sure, every once in a while a little pizzazz may find its way out back to the woody and The Napkin may just happen to be in the right spot at the right time and will relish those glorious, youthful moments when a climber will rip off the woody, unexpectedly, uncontrollably, flaaaailing and come crashing down upon The Napkin's flattened, flaky cells of it's old and withered foam. Ahhh, those will be the days that will get The Napkin up and out of bed in the morning. Those will be the days to cherish.
Posted by April at 09:23 PM | Comments (5)