Summer 2010

This summer hasn't been as full of adventures as usual do to my pregnancy. I'm due in less than a month. I've haven't climbed, biked, camped or really even hiked for at least 3 months. Those things are rather hard when bending, twisting and sometimes even breathing is a chore. We went to Squamish, British Columbia for a week in July. We went with our friends Mara, Adam, Chris, Kathy and Parker. They had a lot of fun climbing and biking. I did a lot of relaxing. I was surprised by how quickly time passes when you don't do much.  We didn't camp this year since that didn't sound like much fun to me. We rented a yurt- which wasn't too rustic, it had electricity, kitchen, bathroom, etc.  Here are some pictures from the Squamish trip.

We went to Whistler one day. Mara and I rode the peak to peak gondola. While relaxing at the top a bear wandered nearby.  Don't worry, we were sitting on the deck of a lodge and there were lots of people around.

Here are the boys post bike riding.  Adam, Rich and Chris.

Here are some climbing photos.  This is Chris.

Rich and Chris about 8 pitches up.

Alice lake.  

We've been enjoying home. Summer evenings usually finds us out on the deck, grilling dinner or in the garden.  Most of the these shots below are curtesy of Parker.  Our garden provided us with tons of greens, broccoli and peas this spring.  We're now starting to get tomatoes, basil and zucchini. Green beans should be ready next week.  As usual, our beets are struggling. We never have luck with them, but we always try since Rich loves beets.  We've been gorging on the in-season fruit; cherries, peaches and nectarines.  I made raspberry jam from Mara's bumper crop of raspberries and will be canning peaches and nectarines in the coming weeks.  We'll also dry a bunch of fruit.

A recent sunset as seen from Omak Lake.  For the first time ever, I'm feeling warm enough to actually get in some of the local lakes and enjoy it.

Rich cooling off in Bank's Lake.

I'm due the 26th. It'd be nice if I have the baby 1-2 weeks early, but we're not counting on it. We haven't decided on a name yet.  We just hope the delivery is uncomplicated and he's healthy. I'm hoping for a red head.  The nursery is coming along and we've got most of the essential baby things.