Tufa Fest

This last weekend we had the awesome pleasure of a Rohan-free weekend!  A HUGE thanks to Heater & John for taking the little guy for the weekend!  Mara and I attended Tufa Fest (a climbing festival) and the weather & climbing location wasn't really "kid friendly".
We got to the area (Oak Flat Campground) Friday afternoon and hung out with a couple friends who were brave enough to camp with wind & rain the forecast.  When it did start to rain we headed to our tent and found it was leaking...shitty.  We grabbed what wasn't wet and slept in the RAV4...which wasn't very comfortable.  Neither of us slept well given the rain, hail, strong winds and eventual flurrues in the morning...yeah, it was 34°F in the morning.  We checked on the tent and one of the poles had shattered during the wind storm!  Glad it was leaking otherwise we would have been in there! :)  The only reason our tent stuck around was because I had tied it to a tree...fun!
We warmed up with some coffee and oatmeal, then met up with some friends from my work (Kim & Aaron) who we were taking outdoor climbing for the first time.  We scrambled up about 150ft above the highway to some awesome climbing areas.  We all climbed several routes, and I got up a 5.10c which is the highest rated outdoor climb I've done.
We capped the night off with about 150 other climbers with a huge bonfire, a burn bar, potluck, drunken climbing games, and a raffle.  We came out pretty good in the raffle winning a shirt, chalk, climbing gear, headlamp, and guide book!
Again, a hhuge thanks to Heather & John for entertaining Rohan!  He got to go to his first movie (Puss In Boots, which he LOVED!), and got to watch some horse racing with John.  He was almost sad to see us! :P  Rohan as been accelerating in his biking abilities since he can practice indoor on our tile whenever he wants.  He now goes around the block without help, when just a month ago he was stuggleing to peddle.  Awesome to see how excited he gets to ride outside!
We are hoping to be able to get out again this weekend, but the forecast is for rain, so we'll have to see!  Hope everyone is getting some solid outdoor time before winter is upon us!


He can do this, and has done this, for hours...: