What no cracks?

Back from my chrismas break in Utah. Probably had one of my most enjoyable chrismases and all I did was grill some (turkey) sausages and keep the fire going. Lots of cool maps, particularly like Smith's geological map of the UK from 1815. A reproduction obviously. Guess I am a geophysicist after all...

Arches NP rocks. Didn't get to Canyonlands because Chris was ill (also lost the first day because I wasn't well) and I didn't actually climb anything: Chris had her first lead fall and was too shaken to continue (I was pretty scared too as it was a big fall coming down upside down and head-first) and then was ill so we didn't go back. Shame. Was great to be on sandstone slabs again even if all I got to do was look longingly at it. Why is most climbing in the US crack stuff?

Laptop still broken so no poker for me. Got my powerbook back though. Finally. When I've saved a little money up again I want to go back and play live again. That was a lot of fun; I must tell you about it sometime.

Off to Ney York tomorrow. Will be my first time there. Not sure what I'm going to do, but feel like it is somewhere I must visit. And new year should make it even more fun. Not sure why I'm writing in such short sentences either. Perhaps I should do some research and find out some nice places to visit and not the horrible tacky touristy stuff that is so obvious. Might still have to go up the Empire state building though ;-)