Taking Advantage

My weekends may have been rained out lately, but Drew has been a bit luckier with weather on his days off. He's always good about taking advantage of his free time, the proof is in the pictures:

Quandary Peak

The Young and the Rackless

MacGregor Slab

Drew's fun fact: Elmo is the only non-human to testify before the U.S. Congress.

Rained out

May is so frustrating!! It has been raining the past 2 weekends, and the one before that I was on call. I am so ready for summer and spring is just a big tease. The same thing happened last year- not enough snow for skiing and too much rain for hiking/climbing. I shouldn't complain though, we definitely need the rain since we didn't get much snow this year.

I tried to go camping with some of our Denver friends this weekend. The plan was to meet at the campsite Friday night, hike on Saturday and leave on Sunday. But after setting up our tent it quickly got very stormy. We did our best to stick it out, but we got tired of trying to keep our tent from being blown into Pinewood Reservoir so we gave up and came home this morning.

So instead of spending my Saturday outside in the mountains, I'm having a rainy day on the couch snuggling with Bogey, listening to hummingbirds buzz around my backyard, and watching Legends of the Fall. I guess Brad Pitt is an acceptable condolence prize.

Next weekend, climbing at Vedauwoo (if the weather permits)...

Drew's fun fact: One of Taiwan's most successful theme restaurant chains is Modern Toilet, where customers sit on commodes and enjoy chocolate ice cream and curry chicken served in dishes shaped like small toilets to resemble feces.