The Sanctuary

Well, since Faith likes to jump right on the whole blogging thing without giving anyone else a chance to put things in proper chronological order, here's what we did the day after my family got here. Nothing like putting the beginning at the very end.

The Riverside Sanctuary is a very nice rock climbing area on the banks of the San Gabriel river, right behind the hospital, making it a very convenient place to spend a Saturday morning. And since it's almost always shaded it's actually bearable to climb there, despite the intense Texas heat.

On belay!

Andrew, The Cautious...

Elijah, The Natural...

Jonah, The Quick..

Dad, The Strong...

Mom, before she broke her wrist (which didn't happen while climbing - just wanted to make that clear)...

Keith even climbed...

And made it to the top!

Elijah being brave on the steeper wall.

And since I'm the one writing this post, here's me conquering my first 5.8 - "Unbound"!

Check out the rest of the photos here.