a taste of Philly

Geno's as seen from Pat's.


The goodness.


Pat's as seen from Geno's


The goodness.

I have to hand it to Pat's, I thought they were slightly better than Geno's. Both sandwiches were excellent, and further evidence of the BMC theory.

realaxing in the park

the sites

liberty stands,


as the market falls.

Museuming.

at the Met:




and the Natural History:


"artwork, dope."

anyone have the time?

In the city I feel a bit square.

Burritos and Tecates in NYC

with Neal the dudemanbrah himself.

falling

lobster

The Lobster roll at Red's Eats.... sooo good.

Otter Cliffs

Too much fun


in Acadia. Big thanks to Tim and John, great climbing with you there.
Also a big thanks to the locals Jeremy and Ian for giving us the beta and the hospitality.

craggin

nice fall colors at the cliffs


contemplating the move that awaits.

Acadia

Moby Grape

A wonderful jaunt up Cannon Cliff with Tim.
Visited the site where old man in the mountain used to be.

Rumney

John climbs up the famous... Peer Pressure


I work my way up Waimea.

A man, a van, a bridge? New Hampsire.


anyone for an overhang? Rumney.

while youre here try the saranac ginger beer.

a taste of buffalo

wings at the anchor bar were disappointing.



Beef on Weck was awesome. it's all about the fresh weck roll. Charlie the Butchers was a great place to have one near the airport.


Ohh yeah, don't forget the falls.

the sock puppet masters.

pizza again?

on HEAVY recommendation I had to try Gino's East...

it was good pizza, but was not Lou Malnati's.


and the bridges that smell like chocolate.

try this at home...

Lou Malnati's the BEST pizza in chicago, until proven otherwise.


it was worth getting up on two legs for.

Mom and Dad, keepin it real.

yucky

travis was feeling a bit green today. threw me the old "check engine" light, which turned out to be not nothing.

Mmmm Mmmm GREAT!

Spicy Potato and fenel Sausage pizza with chipotle cream sauce.

more barn

back to barn bluff, Red Wing, Mn for some more fun sport climbs, and this one with some trad gear as well. climbed with a nice guy from anoka named Josh.

pockets

custom pockets for the more used items to go over the sink and stove.

climbing with WARD.

here's Ward. a nice guy that I met at the rock down in Red Wing, MN. He climbs well and knows the place. Awesome day. 10 sport routes. mostly really good, some a bit too polished for my liking.

knify knife

sharp knife storage no longer in the same shoebox as other misc. kitchen utensils.

Suds

Dad and I took a trip into St. Paul today to visit the Summit Brewery. We went on a little tour and then got to have a few free samples.

Their wheat beer has been a regular brew of mine for a while, but this gave me a taste of something new, and my favorite was definitely the Pilsener. Lots of character yet still delightfully crisp and clean.

on the roof

I helped my dad out with the installation of a new skylight today. Mom took this picture of us through the open hole in the ceiling as we were setting up to modify the frame a bit for the new window. Dad really did all the work, I mostly just ran stuff up and down the ladder for him.

D'ah!

Sorry that the blog got so far behind. I'll try to get better about posting more frequently. The trip is going great. Somehow, even without work, there is never enough time in the day.

upgrade

Back at home with the parents I was able to take advantage of dad's tools and wood supply so I made a little upgrade to my bed.

This handy little board swings up into position so that I have 1/2 of the back area to sleep on, without having to take down the table and setup the whole bed area. Thanks also goes to dad for design consultation, hardware, and that nifty router job he did on the support.

Palisade Head Climbing

Late on Sunday I found a very friendly group of local Minnesota climbers that were up on the north shore for the weekend. I camped with them and then got to climb with them at Palisade head... in this picture that's the big cliff along lake superior with the radio tower on top.


The most convenient way to do these routes is to rappel in from the top of the cliff (where the parking lot is) and then climb back out. Here's someone on Superior Crack.

This is Tennen (sp?) climbing on Phantom Crack.

It wasn't a huge day of climbing, since most everyone else had been climbing all weekend and still needed to drive back home to the twin cities, but it was great to get out and stretch the muscles on a few climbs.

I also needed to stop and stretch once on the drive back home, so I picked up a special treat.

Sweet sticky yummerific goodness.