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Weekend Play to the Rescue

It’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.

Ivan sends! Unnamed v2 on Floorpie Roof at Priest Draw
Silas working out the beta on Bat Roof, v3
Planning out the pampering portion of the trip
Kids and I headed off for Plateau Point via Bright Angel Trail from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon
While Paul, in training mode for running up Mt. Lemmon FROM TUCSON with crazy German buddy Manu in about a month, runs down to the river from the South Rim via the South Kaibab trail and then up the Bright Angel trail to meet us
Psyche and happiness restored

posted by ARR

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