Onward and up

Two shortish climbing sessions in the past couple of days, with different friends; one got rained out of a camping trip with another friend and their two nine year old boys. They wound up going to a local big county fair in the rain, which didn't sound exactly paradisical. Better than setting up and breaking camp under a downpour, in the mud. My other friend's daughter starts school this week at the UW. Big step, and we hope she treats it like a serious job. She went to a big local high school, so is probably pretty well-prepared for the scope of the place.
We got a respite from the horrors of a dank cold fall, luscious huge clouds floating overhead and a scrubbed and shiny appearance to the landscape; we marveled at the warm sunny spots.