Red Rocks Day 1

We woke up to the inspiring sight of cancerous suburban and casino sprawl (which we were helping to pay for of course!)


hastily ate a $2.50 breakfast (pancakes, eggs, bacon), stopped at the Albertsons for water and disgusting sandwiches. I should point out that until this point, our re-entry into the processed and bland world of American cuisine had been deferred by the fact that we live in San Francisco. A quick tour of the Summerlin food options brought us back to the reality that is American food (for most of the country). Anyway, Chloe noticed some spectacular clouds over Red Rocks Canyon on the way out

We went to the "Dog Wall" and unfortunately had to try to warm up on a 11c. After another, much harder 11c and then a nice 10b, we headed out to try to find the Stratocaster wall. This required a few missed turns, thanks to an error in the guide book, but we didn't mind too much since we got to scramble amongst the beautiful red sandstone boulders






We did a beautiful and long climb called Marshall Amp (a vue!), watched some guys on the neighboring climbs, and then headed back to Vegas


Still reeling from the horror that was Senor Miguels, we consulted some of the pages that I had printed out about climber recommended restaurants in the vicinity of the Sun Coast. One place that got glowing recommendations was a Thai restaurant on Sahara Blvd near Rainbow. It turned out to be excellent, if strangely located (in a mini mall). The woman working there was very welcoming and nice, despite the fact that Chloe and I were pretty grubby having come directly from the crag.

we were hoping to learn how to play my parents favorite game: craps, but were too exhausted to do anything other than go to our room, tame baths and watch Law and Order until we fell asleep at ten. Party down.