we needed the rain, climb baldy and then we can adjust the plan...
we knew there was a good chance of rain. but we went ahead with our regular october trip to garner.
the interior space of the airstream is very useful when the weather outside is not so great. the kids had some halloween craft fun.
I had plans to climb mount baldy, I was not afraid of getting wet. I stopped at the visitor center to get a trail map, they asked what I was planing to hike. they tried to talk me out of my hike, went on about slippery rocks and steep this and danger that and danger.... blah blah blah.
kat had recently noted that our place on the blanco river is just as nice as where we often soak in the rio frio, we may not go to garner 2x a year now that we have a closer blanco option. I figured this may be my last chance to climb her (baldy that is).
yep, that is a sheer drop behind the wife. it made my knees knock being that close to the edge. I don't like heights but I still wanted to get to the top.
we made it!
(big it) we stopped for a break and enjoy the view. the wind was strong there near the edge of top.
from rio frio looking up at mount baldy. we made it down without breaking an ankle.
after lunch, we walked down the the river (rio frio)
the water was clear, and cold. but the wind and cooler temps had us back at the camp in a short time.
river baby LOVES the river. he would've stayed all day if we let him.
the burn ban does allow LP fueled fires, kids appreciated that.
adults played under the zipdee while kids watched bluray movies inside the airstream.
right around 9 PM, the sky opened up and it DUMPED water on everything. I felt bad for the tent campers. we were warm and dry inside the airstream. the weather had no real chance of improving. we went home a day early. once we got home, we found a notice from the city. they had found Hsin-Hsin's wall and wanted it gone, we had ten days from when the letter was mailed. if not removed we would face a $2k fine PER DAY.
so we spent the last day of the vacation hauling stick from the back of the lot, to the street.
#1 son protested and cried "this was supposed to be a FUN day!" but when the city sends out a letter like that, fun and games come to a screeching halt.
the 1965 econoline van spent four months at the mechanic, I had a nice replacement engine and transmission for them to install. they finally admitted that they were not going to get around to the job... I asked if they could at least rebuild the carb and tune-up the engine in there, they never did that either. I drove it back home in the same condition I took it to them.