Stellar Weekend

So I had a pretty money weekend. Friday evening I went to the gym and met up with my most consistent climbing buddy. She ended up coming in later than me, so I got 12 routes in, as opposed to my usual 10. It was...a little ridiculous to say the least. I was EXHAUSTED from the last couple weeks and travel, etc, but just being at the gym gave me a little extra energy. I climbed pretty hard, and tried out a few routes I hadn't climbed before. I got this new 5.9 down - it was a a pretty burly, man-esque climb and I loved it. My partner suggested the 10 right next to it and it was basically stupid. I've finished other 10s before and I actually made a pretty good attempt at this one, but the climb was all upper body work. It's another project to work on and it was very late in the evening and I couldn't have expected to make that work. After the gym, we went to the Shenandoah brew pub where I tried this hoppy pale ale that was actually quite alright. I'm not super psyched on beers yet anyway, but I do appreciate that post-climb beer.

Saturday, I visited Georgetown with a friend and we rented canoes to play around on the Potomac. We didn't paddle very far, but we crossed the river and picnicked and basically just floated around. The little paddling that we did do got my shoulders all warm and active - fortunately the girl I paddled with was a better paddler than I was and she could actually steer. It worked out well. After paddling, we walked around Georgetown. We'd initially palnned on partcipating in Taste of Georgetown but the crowds were just annoying and we opted for lunch at a French restaurant. I had two cups of this super refreshing gazpacho and I decided I wanted to come up with my own recipe soon. By the end of the day, I'd ended up walking all over town and probably covered 3 or 4 miles of Georgetown. And, I went to the tattoo place where I think I might get Pete, my gecko, done.

Sunday, the climbing crew went out to Seclusion in Great Falls. We mixed in with another climbing party and had like 6 different routes available. The day was PERFECT. It was really sunny but not insanely hot... just warm enough to go shirtless to work on the tan. I climbed only OK but was thrilled to just be outside. On this one route, 5.8, I was moving right along just fine until I came to this little roof that was a bit tricky. I was sort of pressing on until this monster spider came out of a crack...now I'm not really a pansy with bugs and things that creep and crawl (and for the most part I really like them) but he was just big and hairy and in the middle of my route. Of course I fell and I had to explain myself...I god made fun of, of course. Stupid spider.

I'm super sore now, but I feel good about the entire weekend. This week I'll be doing Monday yoga and Wednesday climbing...I have hopes that the weekend will include a camping trip out to Seneca with the climbing people...I still haven't managed to try out my new tent, which makes me bonkers. Hopefully the weather holds out and we can spend another weekend outside!