Clint "Let's climb zowie tower in Rockie Mountain National Park, it will be so fun."
Alisa "OK, sounds good. Remember I haven't been on a multi pitch climb in about 2 years."
So, off we go. A weekend away.
We drop the kids off at my sisters and head to the park. Traffic was insane and we ended up hiking in 5 miles, carrying all of our stuff, mostly in the dark (really, it was super fun). After finding a place to sleep (in the middle of a snow field on a large boulder) we eat some dinner and try to get some sleep under the stars and this amazing moon that was about as bright as the sun.
Wake up. Eat some pop-tarts. Hike over to the tower. Start to climb said tower. Go up about 5 pitches where I experience some exposure fright. I'm wanting to go down, Clint isn't saying that he'll take me. I understand this to mean that I can't go down. I tell Clint I think I'm tired and done. He climbs on, I follow. He finds repel anchors. I rejoice, until I see repel anchors... a little scary! Descent ends up being epic!!!! Getting down takes about as long as climbing the dang thing. I'm in my climbing shoes (which are killing me) and Clint is thankful that I am beyond cursing him and laughing at our lack of water/food and the mere fact that I want to fall over and die! Finally we get down. Fill up water bottles from river and add "kill all the yucky stuff" tablets. Then we start hiking out. Yes, I said hiking out. 5 miles, with a 40 lbs pack on (alisa's, Clint's' was 70 lbs). We commence in asking everyone we pass what time it is until the alloted 40 mins has passed and we can drink water without getting sick. When this time reaches we want to jump up and down but settle for sitting on rocks to drink some...ahhhh water!
Crazy fun!!! We then spend the rest of the weekend in a cute little cabin on a river hanging out, hiking, sleeping and playing. It was super great to be together.
We did a lot of other fun stuff this summer and are both sad to see it go. Now it's time to look forward to playing in the snow.
Oh, and the girls are great. Addie is crawling and pulling up on things. She can even eat food on her own. Good times.
