Congratulations, Gabe!!!

I was at the Gunks Fri nite til Sunday afternoon, and had fun. Teddy seems well recuperated from hurting his leg two weeks ago, and kept right up the whole time. Monday I had a little work, so wasn't really much of a holiday for me. But what gorgeous weather the whole time!

Had a great trip to the New River Gorge with my 2 girls on a trip organized by Waynerocknut (along with his daughter & a big group of his friends). QuantoTheMad & his son Alex were there too. Big group of us (26, incl 4 kids). Weather was perfect. Climbed at Bubba City, Beauty Mountain, and the Junkyard Wall.

For me, the highlight was seeing how well the kids climbed. They were charging through the 5.10s. My daughter Ariel & QtM's son Alex, both 11, both got up a 5.10d, Ariel's hardest yet! My other daughter Jasmine did her hardest yet at 5.10b. (Ariel has until next March to try to climb her age again, she's getting close!) The kids were troopers, they belayed each other, helped to carry gear and dealt with the usual lost wandering on the trails to the crags without complaints. Made a mommy climber proud!

Jannette

Not really. But I got the doxy anyway. There's still no good test for LD until weeks after the onset of symptoms, and I will (hopefully) be cured by then. But they'll do the tests anyway just to rule out babesiosis, which requires a different treatment protocol. Of course, if it's the flu, then I just suffer. But I suspect it isn't. The tick was on me a long time. Man, this sucks.

My wife, 3 year old daughter, 8 week old, and I took the baby for her first hike on Saturday. My older girl was very proud of herself carrying her own pack, snacks and water. It was a beautiful day.

Climbed Sunday and got a good bit in with Rauchy, Wild Horses, Cakewalk, Beatle Brow Bulge, Star Action and Cheap Thrills. Saw some friends that I had not seen for a while and generally just enjoyed the weather.

Monday, Housework.

I spent the weekend doing an 3 day overnight on the klamath River. Got to run it onsight which was pretty fun and enjoyed the new river and scenery. Almost as pretty as the Salmon, though hopefully now Lymnes this time

Ugh, that sucks big time. A guy I work with got Lyme, Babesiosis and Erlichiosis all at once. Fortunately, he got the right antibiotics and recovered quickly. Hope you feel better soon!

Kathy

Heh heh, I did that with a group from Americade years back... man it was a cold ride, luckily I had full leathers. My friends on harleys were freezing their butts off.

yeh he heh that dude rich is like the other half of the chemical brothers by the way

went up to the ball plant this monday with a Japanese. what a trip. you just would not believe what is happening up there.

yeh I carry a knife