dust in the wind

time flies, time drags, and no matter how it feels, time just keeps going by. it's my lucky day - number 13 - which marks four months of being on the road.

i'm living in the car again, in red rocks for a few days. some kind climbers let me park on their campsite free of charge since I can't even dream of paying $10/night for camping. the final crunch is on, and it's time for some Extreme Dirtbagging to save on expenses.

today i went to do an easy circuit of problems at the kraft boulders close to red rocks. i've been amazed at the quality of the bouldering here... who knew that on top of high class sport and trad, there's high class bouldering, too? the rock is sandstone of amazing quality and there is an abundance of really easy but interesting problems to ensure you're warmed up enough. it depends on timing and the route i choose to take back to canada, but i would really like to come back this way.

i'm leaving for Zion right now, it's a full moon tonight and i want to go somewhere amazing to watch it rise. it's time for the tour of Utah's national parks... arches, bryce canyon and zion are all on the list. off to the 17th state visited so far on this trip....