Bob and Anna: June 2010

Climbing Weekend

Our niece Laura is shipping off to the Coast Guard Academy at the end of June, so we took her camping and rock climbing in the Elizabeth Furnace area. We decided to bushwhack straight up the hill from Passage Creek to Buzzard Rocks. It was hot and steep but we made it! Unfortunately the camera battery died before we got any pictures of Laura climbing.

Crossing the stream with a heavy pack

Duck eggs, nestled in the ferns you see above

Making our way up through the woods without a trail

Laura & Anna at the top of Buzzard Rocks

Getting ready to start climbing

Anna likes friction slab climbing

West Virginia

Also in May, we went to our friend's cabin in West Virginia. Here is Bob figuring out the riding lawn mower:

Relaxing with John:

John & Doyle:

May Bike Riding

We've been doing a lot of cycling with our sister-in-law Paola, and her 13 year old son, Sam. Bob convinced Paola that she could train for a metric century (100 kilometers or 62 miles) and so she did -- with our help, motivation and ideas.

One of our rides was in Charles County, which coincided with an organized ride. Here we are at one of the rest stops:

Here we are at the end of one our training rides:

And here is Paola and Sam receiving their official certificates after completing their first metric century!

Shed Project

Most of April was consumed with tearing down and rebuilding one of our storage sheds. This involved regrading the yard, relaying a patio, cutting tree limbs, tearing down the old shed (and getting rid of it), rebuilding the new one, throwing away or selling old stuff and laying a floor in the other shed. Whew! Here are some highlights:

Marty throwing the line over a large branch to be cut down. We used a pull-saw which was much easier than I thought it would be.