Surprise weekend trip to Colorado to visit Ben, while he would be free on the weekend for adventures. Eventually, we were able to settle plans on visiting and camping at Vedauvoo, WY.
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Whitewater Center – Activities 2021
Started to use the Whitewater center to more of its extent this year. Here are some hightlights of evenings and days at the center.
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Anniversary and weekend trip up to a missed national park on the east coast. Alexis and I took off in the civic for the far drive to the heart of Virginia.
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Spring time visit to PA, to enjoy the nice weather and lushful fields. We spent a week up in PA working and playing.
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Spring was a mess with the weather, lockdowns, and trips to maintain some semblence of sanity. A couple of the weekends, I was able to spend time out in the NC wilderness
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Mom and Dad (Debbie and Dave) came down for 2 separate trips to make use of North Carolina weather and facilitates.
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The western Caribbean Island was finally set in stone. It was no longer canceled from Airline restrictions or entry barriers. With the use of some airline miles, we were able to pick Antigua as our week’s vacation destination. Alexis had a small hiccup with her passport, but we were lucky enough to take care of 1 week before leaving.
With passports and Covid Tests in hand, we left the USA for sunny island weather of Antigua in English Harbor and Jolley Beach.
Chatt Trip – Boulder 2021
Sean and Bk texted me to see if I was up for a long 3 day weekend trip to the Chattanooga Area. I just so happened was wanting to get away for a dedicated weekend of climbing. We took off Friday and was able to get into Rocktown about midday. Little did I know that I few hrs I would be written off as a total loss.
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Alexis and I went for a nice long day hike in the gamelands on the western side of the NC Piedmont.
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Summary of 3 weekends of activities in Rumbling Bald. Over the past years, I had heard tales of big cave and crack hidden around the Rumbling Bald area. After many walks, hikes up and down and across hollers, I was finally lucky enough to turn a corner and stumble upon the entrance to the “mines of mora”.
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