On My Way

Hi All,
Just wanted to let everyone know I am hitting the road today. I will do my best to keep pictures and stories posted. I look forward to seeing everyone this summer and will miss the ones I am leaving behind for the summer.
I hope this note finds everyone doing well.
Peace and Love,
Geoff

Happy Summer Solstice

Hi All,
Guess what, more playing. Janice, Molly, Pico and I all got to go down the Manistee River yesterday. Janice had never been down from Holenpyle Dam to Red bridge. It is one of the most beautiful, undeveloped parts of the river.

Here are a couple pictures of Janice and I floating.





The next picture is of a little fawn we saw while floating. If you look close enough you can see it is crouching.



This last picture was taken this morning. It is of Pico and Lenny the cat sharing Pico's food. These two animals are true buds. They often lay next to each other and sleep and chase each other around outside and in. We humans could learn a lot from these two little guys about getting along with others who are different.



I hope this note finds everyone doing well.

Peace and Love,
Geoff

Paddling the Pine River

Hi All,
So, on Friday Janice, Pico, Molly and I got to go play on the Pine River, which is about 30 miles from Manistee. It was so much fun and great weather. We both got a little sun burned and spent a lot of time in the water. The water temp stays about 45 degrees because the whole river is spring fed. It was very nice though because it was about 85 degrees and very humid.

My good friend Matt and his son Will helped us shuttle our cars before we took off. This is them in the pictures below just before we took off.





Janice took her white water kayak and I took my canoe. Janice's boat is the little red one.

An hour or so into the trip we came across this little rapid and we both tried to paddle up into and ride the wave. The next two pictures are of first Janice and then me trying it. As you can see Janice takes a lot better pictures then me.





Janice made this look very easy. I tried it four times and only had limited success the last two times. Janice's boat was a much smaller boat then I have ever been in before and when I dumped over I had a hard time getting out. It was kind of scary a couple of times. When you can't get your head above water. But it was all good as long as you did not panic.

The whole trip was so fun. We are thinking of trying another trip next weekend.

I hope this note finds everyone doing well.

Peace,
Geoff

School is almost Over

Hi All,
Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted anything. Has anyone noticed?
School is almost over. I have three more days of summer school and one more meeting and then I am done for the summer. I am planning on heading out on June 28th. Down to the heat and humidity of Columbia, MO. It should be a good time. Then out to CO and UT for most of the rest of the summer. I am going to be back in southern, Ill the last part of Aug visiting Janice. Janice is also going to come out and see me for a week in UT. We are going to try and to get into Zion and then doing a four day backpacking trip into Box Death Hollow near Escalante. I can't wait. I also have plans to do a seven pitch climb in Eldorado Canyon called Yellow Spur, a 5.10a mixed climb. Mixed means it has gear placements and bolts or in this case pitons to clip into. Right at my level so it will be a challenge for sure. I will try to be a lot better at posting pictures and stories. Is anyone reading?

This last weekend I invited to a friend's 40th B-day party. Happy B-day Allan. Hear are a couple of pictures of the zip line he set up in his backyard.





A lot of fun.

The next picture is of Janice in western KY when we drove down to pick up my mom. This was her first time ever climbing on real rock. YEA!



I don't know if this is going to work but the next thing is a short video of me climbing at Cliffy Hollow in western KY.



Let me know if it worked someone.
Peace Everyone,
Geoff