We woke up early, loaded the Subaru and checked out of the hotel. We stopped to get coffee and breakfast at a local internet cafe, then went to meet our guide for our rock climbing clinic.
We went to a nearby crag where we spend the next seven hours learning how to rock climb. Climbing shoes = super uncomfortable. Especially the ones that are too small. The first thing that Brian (our guide) did was warn us about the poison oak and rattlesnakes. He taught us about the climbing gear and how to belay. Brian set us up a rope and we all climbed up a 5.6 path to start off. Then, we all did a 5.8 and Elizabeth and Will also did a 5.7. Elizabeth tried a 5.9 overhang, and got past the overhang part! (very impressive) Then we all went up the the top and rappelled down.
A few minutes after we got on the freeway, Elizabeth saw a sign for Harry and David. We got off at the next exit, for Yreka. Unfortunately Harry and David is actually in Medford, Oregon...many exits away and a different state. Maybe we will get to go on a tour and get free chocolate! Yreka was a pretty fun looking town nonetheless.......at least cute looking!
We drove over the Siskiyou summit which is the highest point on I - 5. BEAUTIFUL. I love the Cascades...so much cooler than Sierras or whatsevers.
When We got to Ashland we checked into our very nice LCD TV adorned Best Western hotel room and went out to dinner at the Standing Stone Brewery which was very cool. Leslie would like to add that she Loves Liquid Assets, a local wine bar in Ashland. Therefore she is unable to actually complete this post/upload pictures/make it funny. Instead, she has passed out in bed at 9:30pm.
Oh, our rafting outfitters for tomorrow decided they would rather take une bande de chameaux (school kids) rafting on the Rogue rather than us...therefore, if other guides that we called don't call back we are instead going to join the Ashland Shakespeare Festival thing and be professional playas.
Time for South Park on the nice LCD tv. For some reason this is waking leslie up.
Next up tomorrow....WHO KNOWS!!!!!
4 comments:
A 5.9 overhang!!!! What! That is great. And who said bed by 9 is a problem...you go Leslie..
Oh right...and I'll forget that "way better than the sierras or whatever comment"...them are fighting words!
Damn, a 5.9, that is BADASS!! And it really doesn't surprise me that Leslie passed out by 9, that sounds about right.
If it were up to me, bedtime would be 9pm every night.
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