“I ain’t seen the sunshine since i don’t know when” - Johnny Cash
While we haven’t been stuck in Folsom, we definitely have felt a bit trapped inside the first half of June. Once again we’ve had a rainy and cool month and that has kept us from getting out as much as we’d like. Still, there have been adventures.
I played a show with John at a remote camp in the Gros Ventre. We rode a UTV through swolen streams, rutted roads, and lots of mud to play music for some corporate types. The camp is right up against the mountains, and there are some cabins that date back to the late 1800s there. One was recently broken into by a grizzly, and the door has been repaired but still has claw marks where the bear got in. There is an old gold slough and the guests stay in cozy tepees. We played until midnight, then got to drive out the same crazy route in the dark. Some of the craziest off-roading i’ve ever experienced, and a lot of fun playing music.
Been doing more rock climbing development, but i’ve had to take it easy since i pulled a tendon in my ring finger. I’ve been trying to mostly crack climb, and Josh and I have been working a route that is probably 5.11c or so.
The weather has made a marked improvement in the last couple days and we’re loving it. First of all, it stays daylight until nearly 10pm, which is incredible. Secondly, there have been blue skies and lots of sunshine. Today we go see friends get married and I’m so glad they’ll get good weather. Better still is that the mosquitoes aren’t out in force yet. However, this just means they’ll come on later and stick around longer. So it’s a mixed blessing. We’ve slept in the van, enjoyed good morning coffee, a cold ale-8 cooled in the creek while we climbed, and our fourth wedding anniversary.
Yep, four easy and amazing years that we don’t regret a moment of. We are anxious to start our next adventure. We think we know what that is, and maybe even where we might go. But four years ago we would have never seen ourselves living the life we are now. So who knows what will be. I’m sure it will be just as great looking back in four more.
