Viva Las Vegas!
On Oct 17th, 2009, Brian wrote :
A typical, beautiful approach in the Calico Hills
We bailed to warmer and dryer places last Tuesday. We thought that we’d stick out the rain storm that was coming to Yosemite. When our camp site flooded and we woke up to a stream flowing through the vestibule and two inches of water inside the tent (our inflatable pads were floating) we decided that the desert sounded mighty fine. We hopped in the car and drove to Red Rocks, which is about 20 miles west of the Las Vegas strip. Our waterlogged gear dried in about 15 minutes in the desert sun and we’ve enjoyed two days of half-naked sport climbing in the warm shade.
Also, the proximity to civilization has been nice. There are good cafes for Bridgid’s writing and unlike in Yosemite, we can actually get fresh fruits and veggies here. Unfortunately, everything here is a giant strip mall crowded with agro people in bling-bling SUVs.
Today we’re hitting the road again towards Moab, Utah, where the worlds finest splitter cracks await. We’ll stay until either the weather gets too cold or until our bodies can’t take any more crack. Then we’ll probably head back to Red Rocks and Joshua Tree before making the big push to NC for the holidays.