Not much blogging lately because there hasn't been a whole lot to write about. In May it rained for almost three weeks in a row. And if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all... I decided not to blog in May. But now it's June and for the past four days the weather has been beautiful. It's strange how weather can dictate so much of your life. We've been itching to start hiking 14ers again but the mountains are still covered in feet upon feet of snow; looks like it will be another month before enough snow melts to be able to hike up to 14,000 ft without having to post-hole to the summit.
We've still been spending most of our weekends climbing. Drew recently started dabbling in trad climbing where you place gear into the rock as you climb to catch you if you fall (rather than relying on bolts that have been permanently placed in the rock). He also did his first multi-pitch on the 1st Flatiron- 8 'legs' of climbing up about 1,000 vertical feet. Yes, he has a life insurance policy.
Both of our parents are planning trips to Colorado this summer, and we are going to Alaska the last week in July. And at the end of this month we celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary. Lots to look forward to this summer. Now if only that snow would melt...
Drew's fun fact: March 2011 snow surveys show the snowpack in the Colorado River basin is still above average, at 128 percent of average and 164 percent of last year's figures.
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