ALWAYS CAMP WITH A FLY.

Current Song: Big Yellow Taxi, The Counting Crows
What I did Today: Went Rock Climbing
Energy: Great, pretty tired, definitely missing home.

Well It has been an eventful week (with no working internet, reason for not blogging) with the biggest thing being that I left for College. Me and my best friend Josh are headed on a road trip together across the country and it really is great. Our current city is Lonoke, Arkansas. Last night we made it to Amarillo, after some very sad departures from home. We had a surpisingly good birthday dinner for Josh at Hooter's. The idea hit me while we were driving, and seeing as neither of us had ever been to one, what better way to start off a road trip to college? It was a hilarious event that definitely made our day after everything at home and almost 7 hours of driving. It was funny because Amarillo, seeming to be the most moderate place on earth was in fact not while we were there. I almost didn't put the rain fly on, as it was so warm out but opted for it in the end. I am so glad I did because if I hadn't me and Josh would have started our lives out with a horrible, wet night. It absolutely poured. So after being woken up at 5:45 and waiting out the storm until 7 we were ready to leave. We threw the tent in a bag soaking wet, more rain was inevitable and luckily we were able to jump in the car to drive relatively dry. After a nice breakfast at IHOP, I highly recommend the Nutella Crepes we were off to Oklahoma City.

In Oklahoma City, Josh had a friend whom he spent time with in Germany. Turns out he was at work. Did I mention he worked at a Rock Climbing Gym? Well I immediately jumped on the idea of getting to finally do something athletic! So we met him, (after a wild goose chase) and started climbing. It was such a cool place, they had taken some old concrete silos put some nice paint and flooring in, hand holds all the way to the top and about 6 different routes and anchors per silo, It made a sweet rock climbing place. We stayed on the good old 5.8 climbs but they had all the way up to 5.12, it went up to the top of the 90' silo, had handholds over the top and continued down the other side. It was a blast and we got a great workout. We then made our goal of reaching Little Rock to spend another night in Arizona. We got put up in a nice hotel which will probably make up for our experience camping.

Meanwhile, I am coping with the loss of those close to me. Hoping that soon college will cheer me up again and expose new paths that lie hidden from the beaten path, until then I am content with the path I am on.