Moab, Utah

 We Arrived in Moab, went to dinner at Christina's, then drove out to Castleton Tower to camp.

 The wind picked up all through the night

 The next morning the wind continued to get worse and by the time we made breakfast it was blowing our chairs over and the sky was filling with dirt. 

Bessy and Castleton. 

Scrambled eggs with onion, cheese, and sand. 

 The wind blew all day with gusts over 40mph so we decided to watch a movie. We saw Men in Black 3. Krystina and I hadn't seen a movie in a theater in almost a year. When we came out the sky was still red with blowing dust. Brian, KP, and Kevin were coming down to meet us and go to Indian Creek but the forecast said gusts of over 60mph in the Creek and only 40mph at Castleton... So we headed back there.

 Brian and KP got there just at dinner so we all piled into a tent and cooked diner out of the wind. 

 The next day we thought the wind had died down and decided to go climb Castleton. Brian and KP left out first thing in the morning and we waited for Kevin to get there. 

 When we got to the base what had been a gentle breeze in camp had turned into full on blasting wind up high and the rock was crazy crowded. Brian and KP had decided not to climb so we all hung out for a while and then headed for Indian Creek.

 Jumping into heavy gusts. Kinda fun...

 Joseph hanging out at the base. 

 Krystina hiding from the wind.

We did boulder an easy hand crack at the base just to have something to do before heading down. Even though we didn't get to climb we had a really good time just hanging out. 

 Heading Down

Joseph

Eldorado Canyon Day 2

 Hiking in to Rencon Wall. Beautiful!

 Patrick Leading Over and Out

 Very nice corner to splitter hand crack.

 We hung out with Pat and Maryia for another night and went to the Yellow Deli in Boulder. Its a very interesting place in town with some of the best deli food I've ever had. We drove into the national forest for the night and then left for Utah first thing in the AM.

 Aspens in early summer.

Lunch

What an amazing terrain change from the rockies through the gorge out into the desert sand. The scenery on this days stretch possibly changes more than any other stretch on the trip across the country.

Eldorado Canyon, Colorado

Heading into Eldorado Canyon, We drove slow...

 There was a forecast for rain so we met up with Maryia and Patrick again to climb Calypso and Reggae. I had looked at this two pitch link up when I was in college. It was awesome to finally get to climb them.

 Joseph and Krystina hanging out at the base.

 Patrick leading the first pitch, Calypso 5.6.

 Joseph climbing Calypso. 

 Joseph climbed the first pitch then we lowered him back to the ground and he sketched the view while we climbed the second pitch.

 Topping out on Reggae 5.8. Maybe the most fun pitch of 5.8 I've climbed in a while.

 Patrick and Maryia on the summit of the Wind Tower.

Shortly after we got to the base it started raining. It poured for the next few hours while we hid in a tea shop then a coffee shop. We finally left for the campsite and decided to call Steve and Karen to see if we could stay there again. Thankfully they love us and said yes. So instead of spending a miserable night in the rain we got to spend another night dry with friends. We spent the last three nights with Steve and Karen. It was so amazing to see them again. I wish we lived closer so it wasn't just every 6 months or a year. Anyway, They're Great.

Karen made peach crisp for us and a special glutard version for me.