Before the Big Wall Nuts' 2007 road trip, before we were saying "Colorado or Bust", and before the blog was launched, there were other road trips, vacations, and adventures.
1998
- Jan -- Dan met up with Laurel and Jim in Florida
- Mar -- Laurel traveled to Paris with Meg
- May -- Road trip to Florida for the summer (Mustang)
- Aug -- Visited Old Lyme and Block Island on the way back from Florida
- Oct -- Cape Cod and Plymouth
1999
- Mar -- Laurel and Carol go to Rome
- Summer -- Willington Oaks apartment, commute into Hartford for work
- Summer -- Road trip to Montreal with Christine (Pontiac)
- Late summer -- Woodhaven apartment with Christine
- Dec -- New Orleans New Years' road trip (Pontiac)
2000
- Jan -- Visited Donna in Germany
- Mar -- Road trip with Sarah and Julie to Miami for spring break (Pontiac)
- May -- UConn graduation
- Oct -- New Hampshire B&B, drove through White Mountains into Canada
2001
- Feb -- Road trip to Eastman for Mike's recital, then Toronto
- Feb -- Visited Donna in Paris
- Apr 7 -- John and Ben take Dan climbing for the first time
- Jun -- San Diego
- Dec -- Visited Carol in Florida
2002
- Feb -- Week off for wedding stuff
- Feb -- Angstrom release party
- Summer -- Road trip to Oswego for Matt & Bobbi's reception, climbed at Moss Island
- Summer -- Day trip to Rumney to climb with John and Ben?
- Aug 3 -- Wedding & honeymoon (Caribbean, Miami, Boulder)
- Oct -- Climb at Ragged with Ben and John
- Dec -- Laurel gets the flu bad, no travel
2003
- Feb -- Joshua Tree, Phoenix
- Apr -- Tennessee road trip, visited Matt & Bobbi on return (Echo)
- Jul -- Camp/climb at Rumney with John, Sarah, Ben, Justin, and Tom
- Aug -- Visited Adam and Clare in Hollywood, Florida
- Oct -- Acadia
- Oct -- Bouldering at Lincoln Woods, RI
- Dec -- Multi-family vacation in Florida
2004
- Feb -- Texas
- Apr -- Washington DC (climbed with Ben)
- Jun -- Bought house
- Jul -- Moved in
- Summer -- Went to lots of weddings
- Oct -- Road trip to Maine for weekend at Rob's parents' house with the crew
- Oct -- Cranberry bogs on the Cape
- Dec -- Visited Adam and Clare in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2005
- Feb -- Laurel painted the kitchen over February break
- Apr -- Yardwork over April break
- Jul -- Visited Adam and Clare in Dania, Florida
- Summer -- Went to Rumney a few times June through August
- Jul -- Hiked Mt. Washington
- Aug -- Camped on Grape Island, Boston harbor, with the crew
- Aug -- NYC to see Spamalot and Jon Stewart
- Aug -- Dining room renovation begins
- Oct -- Laurel's grad program begins
- Oct -- First multi-pitch sport climb at Rumney (Clippety-doo-dah)
- Nov -- Thanksgiving at Donna's
- Dec -- U2 concert
- Dec -- Stayed home for Christmas, had family up
- Dec -- 5-day, 5-state road trip (NJ, Bristol, Milford, New Year's eve at Diana & Tim's house)
2006
- Feb -- New Mexico
- Mar -- Angstrom revival
- Apr -- Adam and Clare visit MA, go to Maine for
skiing lobster
- May -- Yankees game in NYC
- Jul 31 -- Lead climbing class at Crow Hill with Mike
- Sep -- First road trip to the Gunks
- Autumn -- Lots of training for 2007 road trip
2007
- Winter, Spring -- More training for road trip
- May -- Laurel's BU graduation
- Summer -- Mega road trip for 5-year anniversary!
2008
- Summer -- Sell house, move to Colorado, the real fun begins!
Top ten lists
On some car trip in 2005 we made a few top-ten lists for the year:
Top ten fun climbs of 2005
- Clippety Doo Dah
- Pumpy climb at Rumney, near Orange Crush, 4 bolts
- Glory Jeans (Rumney) on lead
- Main Cliff (Rumney?) snake climb
- Laurel's 5.9 in gym
- Flake on block (College Rock)
- Tree-anchor climb (Black & White rocks)
- Tarzan (Crow Hill)
- Overhang face (Hammond Pond)
- Dan's 5.9 overhang lead near 5.8 cliff (Rumney)
- Swing (Rumney)
Top ten places we want to go (in 2005)
- Gunks
- Austria
- Tahoe
- Yosemite
- Main (Baxter SP)
- Utah
- Alaska
- Seattle
- Devil's Tower / Yellowstone
- Quebec City
Top ten coolest places we've been (in 2005)
- Joshua Tree NP
- Colorado
- Germany
- Paris
- Florida
- Carribean
- Texas
- New Orleans
- Washington DC
- San Diego
- Montreal
