walking in memphis

pencharz and i are 6 hours into the 21 hour drive to hueco tanks. i'm excited to climb in sunny warm weather again. the obed was great at first since i had such great weather, but then it got so cold and i found that i don't climb so well in the cold.

it was a split decision. we went to the wartburg library to check the weather for el paso. after seeing that the forecast was in the mid 20's (celcius) and sunny sunny sunny, we just looked at each other and said "we're leaving today".



will all this stuff fit in the car? it's one more person and their respective belongings for betsy!






it's all in... sacrificing any and all visibility and quite a bit of comfort. in less than two hours we've broken down camp and crammed it all in the car...







so. i have again treated myself to the hotel room treatment - the neverending shower with no one waiting and no chance of using up hot water. aaaah my return to civilization.

life in the woods in tennessee was great, but i'm happy to emerge again, and hoping to crank crank crank in hueco tanks. more later!