Rest day at the Keough's Hot Springs and climbing at the Happy Boulders

Well we woke up to a bit of snow and ice Sunday morning...thankfully not too much at our elevation, but there was quite a bit on the mountains around us (where some of the climbing is). Due to the weather conditions and the conditions of our fingers / muscles, we made Sunday another rest day...

We decided to check out the Keough's Hot Springs which were only 10 minutes or so from our campsite. They run an outdoor pool year round which is fed by natural hot springs. Pretty freakin sickk....We spent a good 3-4 hours in the water there. I did some swimming (laps I mean), but we mostly just bummed around in the 92 degree water (the hot tub was 104 degrees...spent some time there too).

Most of the people at our campground are in RV's and Campers...apparently, they are all pretty impressed by the fact that we are sleeping out in tents with the temperatures getting into the mid teens every night...ehh....we all have good sleeping bags (well, the girls have our 0 degree sleeping bags, and we are using our summer bags...but we have a lot of warm clothes...) and we are all doing all right...

We also met a bit of a hippie (he is a professional traveler...with a dog and a few cats) in the campground...He stopped by to talk to us yesterday morning...yea...we all got high fives...I think for staying in tents. He offered for us to drop by his RV some time and watch Bonanza (what the hell is Bonanza?...is that like a game show or something?)...we have not taken him up on his offer as of yet....as tempting as it may be....Alex says he has seen that movie before (he sees a lot of freakin movies....).

Today we checked out another bouldering area in Bishop. The Happy Boulders are comprised of a bunch of volcanic rock that fill a canyon. You couldn't walk more than a few feet without finding something to climb. We got to do some cool (more skin-friendly) climbing. We also got to do our first highball at Bishop on a 20 ft V0 called The Pursuit of Wow. It was a pretty easy/fun climb, but it got a little scary towards the top...especially when Leslie was climbing...

It was pretty cool, because we ran into a bunch of people that we had met over at Hueco Tanks and had moved on to Bishop as well...a pretty cool climber named Dan (he came out to East Mountain with us in Hueco) and a bunch of Austrian climbers who are here in the states for climbing (they didn't talk much....here or at Hueco...).

Ok....music:

Boston - Boston (not too much time in the car...but we made it count...)

Quote of the day:

Lisa - "you jumping back on it or what?" (in regards to the route we were climbing)

Alex - "Nah....I am saving myself for the right one...."

Well....I am tired and hungry....and the girls are going to try and make a real dinner out of what we have in our food bin....so....talk to you later....