Had a great time yesterday afternoon rock climbing in the Kern Canyon with a group of  new friends. Somehow we’ve connected up with a group of mostly twenty-something and thirty-something singles — teachers, medical residents, and managers — which is unique in our mostly blue-collar community.

Anyway, the weather was great, I got to watch my two boys (8 and 14) gain confidence on the rock, and we got to hang out with a bunch of great people. A few of us hung out for pizza afterwards, trying hard not to tell rock-climbing stories. (Like fish stories, they tend to grow bigger than the reality!)

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