Tuesday: rock climbing

Today we visited the new rock climbing gym in Holland.  While we are loyal Scrapyard members, but there were some nice things about this new gym too.

*The mats weren't as cushiony.  It made me even more scared to fall...but really, I don't like falling period.

*The routes were more spread out.

*They use a circuit method instead of V scale.  It isn't really much different, but it did work well for Joshua.

*It was really empty when we arrived.  They have some morning hours, which I do like.  (It was actually almost too empty.)

*The holds and walls are new, so their texture is still rough.  This can be nice and not nice all at the same time.

*It was air conditioned.  While this can be nicer, Scrapyard opens up the garage doors for fresh air when it is nice out; rock climbing gyms tend to have very poor air quality due to all the chalk dust, so the fresh air is better.

It was a nice gym, which makes me feel a little guilty.  However, the first time at a gym can be extra nice because it's all new routes that haven't been tried before.  Scrapyard has a nice community though, and Isaac is part of the climbing team which makes all the difference.

Also, I can't believe that we have two rock climbing gyms within ten minutes of our house when most of the country doesn't have one within an hour.

We caught a bird in our garage for a minute.

We worked on decluttering the garage for an hour.  It's a bit hard to tell that we made any progress, but we definitely did.  I'm not sure whose wise idea it was to do this in the summer.

Isaac made dinner tonight!  And when I say he made dinner, he made all of the dinner.  I only found the recipe for baked oatmeal that I use and I scooped out the oatmeal at the end because I know how much everyone should have.  He even cleaned up the kitchen after himself!  Joshua added to the dinner by giving me a Lego carrot.