Off to California! and Addicted to Climbing.

Tomorrow I leave for California for a good 5-6 days! I am finally excited, although I can’t believe it’s already Labor Day weekend. It will be a fun time. The first few days will be spent in Santa Cruz as Doublewide plays in the Labor Day Championships (on those gorgeous, gorgeous UCSC athletic fields), and the next few will be a tour of wine country, with beautiful drives and visits to the various wineries in Sonoma and Napa. It was be a nice break from these 100-degree days in Austin (not that it bothers me all that much). Of course, I’m going to FREEZE over there - the highs are 70 and the lows are 50.

So one major thing that has developed over the past few months: I am now addicted to rock climbing. I’ve been climbing for almost 4 months now, and I am obsessed. I go to the climbing gym 2-3 times a week and have taken a few trips outdoors as well. I don’t know why I’ve become so nutso about it. It’s just tons of fun and very rewarding. I can pretty much onsight V0s and V1s in the gym and am working on V2s and V3s. And I’m finally working out my upper body! I could barely do one pull-up before starting all this nonsense, and now I can do three easily. My arms are getting toned, I’m feeling stronger… and I haven’t lifted a single weight! So awesome.

I have already looked up (multiple times) where the climbing gyms are in Santa Cruz. I probably won’t have time to climb while over there, but just in case…