David Gray / Ray Lamontagne

Jeanette and I went up to the Susquehanna bank center in camden to see a David Gray / Ray Lamontagne show. Two of our favorite musicians together on one stage. Great night of music.

Lehigh River Weekend

Last weekend we hit up the Lehigh river for some whitewater paddling.  We had a quite the group, 10 of us.  Bob, Nick, Colin, Kathleen, Joe, John, Bill Steve, Jeanette and ,myself.  There hasn't been much rain this summer and so the dam release was lower then normal, only 600 cfs.  This made for smaller features, but still a really enjoyable time.  We paddled the upper section and this was Colin and Kathleen's first time.  They each paddled in style - Colin using the blue banana sit on top, perhaps one of the tippiest boats on the river and Kathleen in the bruiser yellow sit on top which plowed through any obstacle in its path.  The weather was a bit overcast, but that didn't stop us from having a great paddle.  We finished with pizza at Carmine's, one of our favorite places up there.  Then a group of us headed up to our cabin in the poconos to stay the night.

Susquhanna Weekend

We headed out to the Susquehanna this weekend to spend some time at the local crags with our friend Joe.  We first hit up safe harbor.  We climbed 3 routes including Super Slab (10d) - the first time I have lead this climb, and Autumn Arch (10b) a super stemming classic line.

The heat got to be a bit much so we headed out to the Susquehanna river crags near the Holtwood Dam. We climbed a route called funny enough Weekend Warrior, an overhanging block which is certainly one of the nicest line I've ever climbed and then played on some neat rocks Joe and company have been scoping out there lately for some deep water soloing.