Working on a growler of a nice dark stout I brought back from Kentucky. Had a superb jam session last night in Toronto - played trombone and piano four hours straight. Good times!
I hate it when Momma works late on Friday! I can't in good conscience
crack one yet. I've an Orval, a Trappist 10, and some others singing to
me from the reefer! Is this like waterboarding, only worse? :-(
I am only down a couple beers up here in the Great White North, but I am working on a South African Meritage consisting of Shiraz, Mourvedre and Viognier - knott bad at all.
I confess I missed last Friday's post on account of I was about four miles underground in the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky. It was about a twenty-two-hour trip, and when we returned to the river, we saw that the water had gone up a foot, which was a bit worrisome as I fear much swimming. Fortunately the swims were not too much longer than the way in, and we had the rather substantial current.
The snowmelt had cooled the water to a rather frigid 47F or so, which was rather uncomfortable without wetsuits. But we staved off hypothermia for three miles of wading, and cheated death once again!
Sounds like you had a good time Pete - did you make any headway past your last trip?
Tonight will be the usual for me - heading to the cigar bar, my gal will enjoy some wine and I will have a non-alcoholic brew and enjoy a Partagas Habana that I brought back from down South.
PTPP! I will toast your "cheating-death" in the dark with the wine of choice tonight.
Argentina Norton 2009 Reserva Malbec.
Not bad for "Dago-red!"
Too cold to think about anything but ice climbing in Idaho, and I'm too old and smart to go ice-climbing!
I'll live with the 1970's wood-tool memories.
Slurp!
Fritz doing a mid-70's lead on a (at the time) unknow & un-named waterfall, Icicle Canyon, WA.
Credit: Fritz
Screwing-actually beating in a Warthog, about 50 Ft. above my last pro. I felt great at the time.
Chouinard Foamback Anorak & wool knickers, Wool Dachstein mitts, Ultimate helmet, Super-Gators, and Chouinard bamboo-piolet axe.
Let us know!