Sleep

I had to dedicate a post to my man's sleeping habits... they are quite unique...

Check out some of the images I have been capturing.... He falls asleep everywhere ...

(out to dinner with friends)

(on a very bumpy bus ride in the south of Italy)

You can see why I drive... he falls asleep on the way to and home from work... even when driving...

(coming home from work)

Hilarious ... Right?.....

Recap ... Mt. Shasta

Okay so we did it! It was crazy tough but so rewarding....

(the crew at the summit)

It was a lot of fun (now that we are down, breathing regularly, rested and fed)! We really thought this was a great climbing group.

(11:30pm Saturday wake up: went to bed at 7:30pm Saturday)

Route Details:
Bunny Flats trail head (6,950') to Horse Camp (7,800') to Hidden Valley overnight camp spot (9,200') up West Face Gully (portions were up to 40o slope) across top portion of the Whitney Glacier to Misery Hill to Summit Platue (snow field) to the summit (14,162)
The saw a Lake at about 13,000 ft called Sisson Lake, just beautiful.

(Shadow of the mountain over the landscape as the sun rose)

We were so tired on the way down everyone had stated they were giving up climbing and camping for awhile. We ate dinner, crashed for the night and by the time morning and our final drive home came around everyone had a new mountain to add to the 'what mountain should we do next' list! Funny!

Weekend

This weekend we are off to try to summit Mt. Shasta! My husband and I have a yearly tradition of going up to Shasta.

The first year we had no idea what we needed to do or what it was going to be like... no planning at all... We arrived on a Saturday afternoon and we went straight to the Trailhead. It was there that a ranger recommended we head back to the town and pick up crampons and an Ice Axe for our climbing attempt. When we walked back to the car we realized it was leaking oil... because it was a Saturday we new we had to get the car fix before starting out on the trail. Luckly, we found a car fixing business (still open) and they went to town... We picked up the car at 4:30pm and drove back to the trailhead. Started a 3 hour hike/ climb. We stop just short of Helen Lake on a flat plato, unpacked, pitched a tent and cooked dinner. The wind was so strong it blew hard on our tent all night... the next morning we woke and played around in the snow and explored the area. We were hooked and decided every year to climb a mountain.

The following year we booked a trip with a tour group up Mt. Rainier in Washington State... Awesome (I'll post about that some time).... Last year we headed up to Shasta and almost made it to the top. We experienced some AMS and headed down early.

What will this year bring??? I am sure to share!

I love Rome

So, much to see and do, i just love Rome.... We started our trip with three (3) nights in Rome. We stayed in a fabulous room at the Westin. The location was good (not great but good). When we arrived we met my mom and brother. They already had traveled from Milan, the lake region and Venice before meeting us in Rome.

Here is the Trevi Fountain... just a fabulous fountain. Crazy touristy but really amazing.

The above pictures are from the Vatican museum. The status and the artwork... WOW! We were lucky to have found a great english tour guide. We booked private tours of the Vatican, Roman Forums and the Coliseum while we were in Rome. She was actually a German artist that wanted (needed) extra cash and found an interested in Roman History. We found that if you had a group (4 or more) this was actually reasonably priced. So, we had detailed private tours of the history and artwork that interested our group the most.