8.05.2008

Thunderstorming & Climbing at Ralph Stover

We LOVE having family living in the East with us!

We especially love that we can call them on a Thursday night, and that they'll drive three hours to hang out with us for the weekend! Brandon has been wanting to go climbing with Brett forever, so we decided to ignore the weather forecast (thunderstorms) and drive to Ralph Stover State Park for Brett and Brandon to climb. It ended up being quite an adventure...notice how dry our clothes are in this picture? (I'm sure y'all can see where this is headed?)




I recommend that Ralph Stover invest in some serious signage, because it took quite awhile to find the climb they wanted to do. We were searching for the rock when it started to


...drizzle...


......rain......


.......thunder......


........pour!!!!!!........


At first we were able to stay somewhat dry under the tree canopy, however, it started raining harder than any Arizona monsoon, and the trees did little to add shelter then! Brandon and Brett gallantly ran to get the car while Shelby and I huddled in the storm. However, the road was closed, and they had to drive through town, so we were out in the rain longer than anticipated. The picture doesn't do it justice--we were SOAKED!!!--all the way through! I think there was a little spot under my belly that managed to stay dry, but that was it. Shelby was wise to bring a hat!Despite my efforts to shelter him under Brandon's climbing helmet, Khylo was drenched too. We all loved the hour drive home with wet clothes and wet dog smell!
After all our efforts, we were overjoyed when it cleared up enough for Brandon and Brett to get some climbing in! It's a beautiful park, we'll definitely need to go back.


Thanks for a great weekend Brett & Shelby!

4 comments:

Jared Heather and Taegen Pete Johnstun said...

Chaci-
You've been Tagged!
List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions, 3 random facts about yourself. Then, you get to tag 3 people of your choice to play along!

Shelby said...

Oh...looks like you got a different tag too. Doesn't this remind you of those awful forwards? Nice pics by the way. :o) We had a great time with you guys!

Jody said...

I wondered if Brandon had kept up with climbing during these busy past few years. Sorry you got soaked! Looks like it was an experience to remember anyway! :)

bryony said...

What an adventure! And what a beautiful place!

(Just thought I'd share the code I have to type so the computer knows I'm not a robot trying to leave a comment is nbriny -- That's kind of like my name!)