Beating The Heat!

This last week we had a great surprise from my buddy Rick from college who was driving around the country in their RV with his girlfriend, Deana, and their dog Bo. He swung by for a night and we were able to hit up a D-Backs game and also hit the pool and hang out/catch up. It was great to get a visit from an old friend! This last weekend we also explored other ways to beat the heat. Saturday we went to Lake Pleasant to try out our new kayak, and met our friends Shannon & Jeremy. Jeremy had an extra kayak for us and Rohan had a BLAST in it. Definitely going to get another one soon…maybe a Rohan/Mike/Mara birthday/Xmas present…:)  We found a nice island and rock to jump off of and have some hilarious video of the jumps as well. The first thing Rohan said when we landed on the island was “I want to jump off that rock!”. He had a blast! (as did we!) Afterwards we hung out with some friends who own Matador Coffee Roasters. We got to be good friends with them at the shop since we are there quite a bit…OK…a lot…:)  We grilled a couple AWESOME pizzas. One was an old standby…Chicken, bacon, artichoke, mozzarella and the other was an experimental one (stolen from a pizza place in Oregon) that had prosciutto, asparagus, gorgonzola, and mozzarella…they both turned out amazing! Sunday we met up with a dozen people, or so, and headed to Flagstaff. At 7000 feet it’s a lot cooler than PHX! There were also some scattered thunderstorms so the temp cooled to almost 60°F! We had never been to this bouldering area before and it was an awesome area to climb! Rohan had a blast traversing and bouldering his own routes. Mara and I had a lot of fun projecting some routes and watching Rohan explore and keep people entertained with his Spiderman-style weapons kata…:) It was a great weekend of staying one step ahead of the heat! Enjoy all the pics and tons of videos!     

First Person Front Flip (Slo-Mo):

Rohan watching Mara jump (Slo-Mo):

Rohan jumping off rocks (Slo-Mo):

Slo Mo Jump:

Slo-Mo Jump Backwards:

Rohan explaining Iron Man's boosters:

Rohan traverse project:

Rohan's first sent boulder project: