Britta's new friend |
So our time in Florida was fun. We kept ourselves pretty busy. When we weren't catching up with folks, we were playing disc golf at a local park, mini-golf at a pirate themed park, and enjoying the local "wildlife".
We swung through the local climbing gym and sampled their "quality" routes. Apparently living in a state with no rocks gives the route-setters a different idea of how rock climbing works. But we had fun anyways and Ian's youngest brother Angus came along and enjoyed getting to rock climb with his big bro. We also went to the east coast in the hopes of renting a surf board and getting a private surf lesson from Ian's dad Glen. But the local hot dog stand that rented surf boards wasn't there. I was amazed that we could drive onto the beach and we snagged a good spot. Glen brought along boogie boards so we rode the waves until we lost enough skin to call it a day. I freaked a little when a small sting ray came surfing along in the incoming wave, but Ian reassured me that it was probably just swimming away from a shark. The weather was much nicer than the last few visits and we took advantage of the warmth and the sun.
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| just another day in Ky. |
We drove up to Tennessee on Monday, Oct. 11 to visit our friend Ilona on our way to Kentucky. Our destination was the Red River Gorge where we met up with our buddy Jake from Alaska. He has the freakish ability to do a one-legged squat from the ground! We are camping at the calmer of the climber's campgrounds, but it's still bustling with activity because it's rocktober. We've climbed many fun routes that remind us why we rock climb and are willing to travel across the country and battle the crowds to be here. Some of them were colorfully named and Ian's favorite was "Gettin' lucky in Kentucky". Took a rest day in Lexington on Saturday, played disc golf at a Veterans Memorial park and cruised around in our K-car. After getting lost we determined that Smart phones don't work as well as just asking the locals. We washed our stinky unmentionables at a local coin-op and gorged ourselves on Mediterranean food (mmm...humus). Our friend Grant is also here and rented a cabin with some friends, we've cooked there a few times in the luxury of a kitchen. We are planning on adventuring in Kentucky for another 10 days or so.
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| Jake finds a water hazard on hole #11 |
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| Playing Centipede while waiting for the laundry to finish. |
So our time in Florida was fun. We kept ourselves pretty busy. When we weren't catching up with folks, we were playing disc golf at a local park, mini-golf at a pirate themed park, and enjoying the local "wildlife".
We swung through the local climbing gym and sampled their "quality" routes. Apparently living in a state with no rocks gives the route-setters a different idea of how rock climbing works. But we had fun anyways and Ian's youngest brother Angus came along and enjoyed getting to rock climb with his big bro. We also went to the east coast in the hopes of renting a surf board and getting a private surf lesson from Ian's dad Glen. But the local hot dog stand that rented surf boards wasn't there. I was amazed that we could drive onto the beach and we snagged a good spot. Glen brought along boogie boards so we rode the waves until we lost enough skin to call it a day. I freaked a little when a small sting ray came surfing along in the incoming wave, but Ian reassured me that it was probably just swimming away from a shark. The weather was much nicer than the last few visits and we took advantage of the warmth and the sun.
