Our rest day started out with an earlier rise than normal, some solid breakfast and more coffee than normal as well. A local Mexican woman organized a clean-up day of the Potrero, starting at 9am! We decided we should join and show our support of keeping the place clean and combining the climbing and local communities. We set out into the canyon - proceeded by a school bus load of middle and high school kids and followed by packs more of them. We all worked for a while and filled a dump truck full of garbage bags, tires, and other things that don't belong in the canyon. It seemed to be a huge success, everything looks way cleaner than it did yesterday! A couple of the climbers here even brought out some of the local kids to try some climbing - all in all a fun event!
After that we have just been doing a bunch of lounging around....
And some more lounging and looking at the canyon....
(That is the kitchen and porch of our campground)
And finally some more lounging - but by the pool this time! We put our feet in but couldn't get past that... even though its really hot and sunny, the water was still super cold!
(The pool is also at our campground... yes, we will pick you up at the airport when you get here - just let us know the date and time!)
And that's really about all we did today. Hoping to get a lot more climbing in tomorrow!
Nyssa, Dan told me about the blog so I've been reading about your trip. Looks like you are having fun while we are freezing our you know whats off up here. Have fun and be safe! Maryann
ReplyDeleteHi guys. Hope you're having a lovely day. I took a personal snow day as all the schools are closed in the area. We didn't get too much snow before it changed over to sleet & now it seems to be starting to rain. So enjoy that sunshine. I understand the cold temps may be dipping way south tomorrow! Love you. As always, be safe.
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Maryann - So glad you found the blog and like it! It's actually pretty cold here too, although not nearly as cold as there! Great to hear from you!
ReplyDeleteWilsons- Good call on the personal snow day! We took a "personal cold day" - more about that later! Miss you guys!!
I figured since my mom commented, I should comment as well.
ReplyDeleteI love the story so far and the pictures are amazing! Good to see the facial hair is getting epic so quickly. Keep your eyes peeled for a sexy guerolita for me and bring her home.
Rich, the first batch of hombrew came out, I thought, so so, but got better with time. Amy and Willow polished off their own case, so yeah!
I was inspired by your maple ale, and I am going to try my own. Nyssa, it will be called Mooseknuckle Maple Ale.
Take care for now.
Dan