Boy's Week

My friend Russell was in Portland over Labor Day weekend with his wife and figured what the heck - might as well keep going to Santa Cruz. In a 1974 VW van. And he almost made it with no problems. He stopped for gas about 10 miles from the camp site and when he tried to leave, it wouldn't start. He conned someone into a push start and finally made it. Fortunately, Santa Cruz is the old VW capitol of the world and we found a guy the next day who knew everything about those things. But not after I had to push start it. We surfed for three days in terrible waves but had a blast. We camped all three nights and Russell introduced me to my two new favorite things. Molkky and Pie Irons. Molkky is a simple Finnish game with a great deal of strategy. I started off a little slow, but ended up kicking some ass. Pie irons are the camping version of a sandwich maker and are a lot of fun with a little creativity and alcohol.

For the last day we went to Pinnacles National Monument for a little climbing. A little climbing was all we could handle due to not having climbed in many years. A 5.9, 5.8, and a two pitch 5.4 later we were done. All in all, an awesome week. I can't wait to do it again.