Kelly and Michiel's Tent Notes: A month of wandering....

Little trips to different places. That's what the last month has had in store for us. An eventful trip up Mt. Slesse near Chilliwack, B.C.--a grand and giant buttress of granite rock of less than perfect quality but without a doubt providing a big adventure for the summer thus far. A week of climbing in Squamish, B.C., made all the more fun with visits from Chris & Trista and Zac & Brit. Nothing better than heckling on the rock. Unless it's heckling on the ultimate frisbee field. Kelly got some of that in too, with a three day tournament at ECC in Burlington, WA with D'oh. With a pleasant surprise, she realized she still remembered how to play, and how to have great fun doing so. As Kelly played ultimate and then headed up for a fantastic and relaxing four days with her close girlfriends in the San Juan Islands, Michiel kept at the climbing, and got in some great routes at Washington Pass with Zac and the Bugaboos with Dave. We made the best of some unplanned rain and spent a little more time in Seattle preparing for our Cali/Utah/Red Rocks trip coming up.

Now, the truck is being packed up once again--and this time the gear includes such luxuries as pillows. You would think we would have figured that one out a long time ago. Pillows, high density foam mattresses, a wok, a sponge for dishes....we are going to be set this time. No curtains though. The next segment includes "the Valley", Tuolemne Meadows, high sierras, Utah desert towers and Red Rocks Nevada. Mostly climbing, sprinkled with a little ultimate. Mid-august through mid-November. Then we are back in Seattle, Michiel excited for work back at Puget Sound Solar, Kelly for the unknown. That'll be a shocker.

Below are some photos from the last month.....