back in santa cruz

we're back in CA and enjoying the redwoods, the beaches, and friends. i'm finally organizing some of our photos from italy. there were way too many photos for the blog, so i uploaded them to a kodak slideshow instead. here's the link:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=pua53jg.6c1hmt10&x=0&y=-vu6wtl&localeid=en_US
enjoy!

back in the US of A

as the title states, we're back. and happy to be here! a seven month vacation takes its toll. we're tired! in milwaukee for a few days and hope to post a lot more pics while i'm here (including climbing pics), but i'm starting small. these are me walking to get some produce in the italian alps and then us at the trevi fountain. should be in santa cruz by the 18th. stay tuned for more.

italy

it is so lovely here. the climbing has been mostly cragging because the weather wasn't allowing us much mountain time, but the warm winds are here now and we hope to go alpine soon. we have been in little villages, the gran sasso, to rome a few times, swam in both seas, and even sport-climbed in the cave of the argonauts. angelo's family has been so generous and it seems like the whole town qualifies as family. still no hope for pictures until we return to the states. we have been eating like royalty and drinking our fair share of vino too. it is exactly a month until we are back in the states for my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary party and then back to CA. we are excited to have the chomp back soon and see the redwoods. after 7 months of vacation we might even go back to work. until next month...

new slideshows

due to some uploading issues there are two slideshows below. they are basically the same with the upper one being higher quality. pause the one you are not watching for best viewing.
-the mgmt

leaving the creek

we've left the creek for good. what a place! the bugs have been multiplying at frightening rates and the mercury has sailed past 96. we may climb a bit in CO on our way to milwaukee weather permitting. thats all the updates for now. i can't wait to cook in a kitchen and see the chomp.