Mountaineering

So I got home from work yesterday and promptly dragged Kevin off to Hawk Mountain for a few hours of hiking. It was rather exhilirating. We braved the Escarpment Trail, which involves quite a lot of actual hand-and-foot scrambling over rock formations. Done incorrectly, you probably could fall to a very messy death. But I'm surprisingly unafraid on the mountain.

I had ideas while I was clambering around up there, which culminated in spending a few hours today working on this. It's nothing fabulous, but it was fun to do.

After we got home we headed off to a surprise birthday party for Ravi, who turns 34 tomorrow. We had to do it last night because he and his parents left today for a few days in Las Vegas; his dad is speaking at some convention. Gowri returns to India on Monday, so tomorrow I'm taking him...to Hawk Mountain. Can't help it, really; this whole weekend has been absolutely perfect, weather-wise, for hiking, and anyway, he's never seen it. Besides, my mother hasn't had a day to herself since before the wedding, so it'll give her the chance to relax.

Monday I'll be back to my regular net-routines. I promise.