Sunday, March 2, 2008

Here's a pictorial tour of our winter shelter for those of you that won't have a chance to visit before the end of April...



Our little home here in the desert, and our trusty sentra! We still love it, even more now that we don't live in it!

Gotta love that porch... not to mention the man on it!! Ahhh, life is good!


Morning sun sheds its light on our dining room!


...which also happens to be our "sitting room"...


... and our "kitchenette"!! It's so simple. I love it.


The congos next to the fridge... and into the bedroom...


where all the magic takes place...



and the computer nook... which is all attched to the...


Oh! and lets not forget the walk in closet... can finally unpack my 1 duffle bag of clothes : )


Just for the record... Josh has more shoes than I do!




This is the veiw from our bedroom window. One day last week, there was one end of the rainbow out the back window...

and the other end of the rainbow was outside the other bedroom window!! I thought that was so cool. That's what we woke up to on one of our days off last week. That's our home, for now anyway!

Here's some pics from last week, we took a drive down to the south entrance of the park called Cottonwood Springs. Wildflowers were abounding!! It is so beautiful. The locals said they haven't had a bloom like this in four years. This year should be great for the flowers because of all the rain this winter. The joshua tree in our driveway is about to burst too! Surely we'll have blooms this week. The joshua tree, or yucca brevifolia is actually in the lily family! We'll see if the flower is similar to that of the lilys we're familiar with.


















Teddybear Cholla field. This one small area was all cholla cactus as far as you could see. Apparently the moisture, sunlight and elevation were perfect for the plant to flourish. Be careful though... they jump!! (Pictures were taken minutes before I got one stuck in my thumb, they're so hard to get out I almost passed out!!)

What else have we been up to? Well... climbing, of course!!! We are in Joshua Tree!


Josh and Ian's summit of Rainbow Buttress two weeks ago, in Red Rocks Nevada





Yeh! Josh on one the Mel Cracks (5.10c) cranking it out.

There's me on Baby Roof (5.8) in the North Wonderland.

2 comments:

Ria said...

Hi Mitter and Josh,
Your little apartment is adorable! Perfect for you guys. I am very happy for you both. Looks like you are having a sweet winter! We've had storms,flooding,high winds and outages over the weekend. Everyone here is yearning for spring and green again. You two are really progressing with the climbing. Be careful not to get too complacent and remember to check your lines. Dani and Yev will be out there to visit before you know it. You will all have a great time. WE MISS AND LOVE YOU BOTH!!!
Climb High!!
Love, Momma D.

climbing the gunks said...

our little apartment is adorable! Perfect for you guys. I am very happy for you both. Looks like you are having a sweet winter! We've had storms,flooding,high winds and outages over the weekend. Everyone here is yearning for spring and green again. You two are really progressing with the climbing.