Well after a few years of drifting and making due we have been able to move to Bishop Ca. My wonderful wife found a job on Craigslist here that I applied for online. I got a phone interview and then was asked to come in for a second interview in Bishop. We came down and the interview went well and I was hired. I am working for a local company owned by a climber. We have been here a week and we are getting settled and have started to explore this amazing area. We moved from Anacortes Wa. where we have been for a year running a small business doing yacht repair. The business was good but Washington was not where we wanted to be as we are from Bend Oregon. Before Washington we travelled in a motorhome for a year all around the west.
The first order of business was to sell the motorhome and some other crap.....
Here are the girls having a lemonade stand at our garage sale. they made $37 dollars in two days selling 25 cent cups of lemonade!
[
Click to View Linked Image]
We sold the motorhome to a cool hippie chick from Bellingham...
[
Click to View Linked Image]
it was hard to say goodbye to the Grasshopper as we called it. The old Pace Arrow took us 12,000 miles across some of the best roads in the southwest and west for a year as a family....
[
Click to View Linked Image]
Packing up the kids...
[
Click to View Linked Image]
Two long days later we drove into Inyo County....Ahhhhh sun again!!
[
Click to View Linked Image]
On the 3rd we went up to Mammoth to check out the scene and some of the lakes...Im looking forward to climbing Mammoth Crest!
[
Click to View Linked Image]
[
Click to View Linked Image]
Kara and Me in heaven!!
[
Click to View Linked Image]
We found a rental through an angel here on SuperTopo and now rent from Tony Rowell, one of the coolest landlords ever. Our house has a creek running through the back yard. The kids didnt waste time catching frogs, tadpoles and ....leeches!!
[
Click to View Linked Image]
On the 4th we went to the Bishop airport for the fireworks which did not disappoint..
[
Click to View Linked Image]
[
Click to View Linked Image]
The next day we headed up to Sabrina Lake for a hike and our High Sierra Baptizm...
[
Click to View Linked Image]
[
Click to View Linked Image]
Rock Creek was next...I got spanked..
[
Click to View Linked Image]
Lots of bouldering at the Milks...
[
Click to View Linked Image]
[
Click to View Linked Image]
[
Click to View Linked Image]
Kara and I took a hike down into the ORG yesterday and this morning I took the kids down for some sport climbing. Kaleb led a 5.8(note the helmet)....
[
Click to View Linked Image]
Ani climbed everything without falling as usual...
[
Click to View Linked Image]
We are having a blast. Took advantage of the week I had without work and now I'ts time to buckle down and get back to the grindstone. We look forward to seeing many of you here and dont hesitate to call or let us know if you need a place to shower or hang. And of course I am up for any kind of climbing on the afternoons and weekends. Thanks for reading!!
[
Click to View Linked Image]
