Guanaja Honduras

The Bolte Boys headed off for a little adventure in June 2011. Me, not-so-little-anymore John, Uncle John and the cousins Zach, Matt and Chris headed to Guanaja, a 2 mile by 10 mile long island off the coast of Honduras. To get there we flew to Houston, then caught a flight to Roatan (another island off Honduras with an airport that can handle 737s), where we hopped on a little prop plane to Guanaja. From there the dive master of the B&B where we stayed picked us up in his boat. 93F, 98% humidity.

The kids were there for the fabulous diving. 100' visibility, 80F water and a vibrant, healthy reef.

View of the house where we stayed (top) and the view from the house

Brother John and I were there to fish for bonefish

Johnny got certified just before the trip: he had a blast diving

The beaches and water there are classic tropical paradise

John on the dock

Gearing up for a dive

There were some classic flats

Bro John and I did our exploring for bonefish flats via kayak

The bonefishing was fabulous

Saw permit, barracuda, snook and lots of bonefish

The crew: me, Chris, Zach, Big John, John, Matt

The Pinns: April 2011

First climbing trip of the year! April in the Pinnacles.

There was a wild circle around the Sun

The steep start to the Regular Route on the Monolith

Regular Route

We ran into Jamie, Kristel, Kevin and Minga

Kevin on POD

The Valley with Steve

My friend Steve is a late comer to climbing but he has taken to it in a big way. He has morphed himself into a V5, 5.12 powerhouse in his old age. He thinks nothing about a 4:50AM start, 4 hour drive to Yosemite, climb all day and drive back to Santa Cruz. So, one Saturday in May, off we go. The plan was to find Imani (Steve's daughter) and Conor and their friends from Davis at the boulders behind Camp 4 then go climb some routes.

The kids were good!

Imani giving some beta

 

Steve cranking

Headed over for the Jamcrack Route to finish the day

A Stroll at Scott's Creek Beach

A beautiful day at Scott's Creek Beach with Kitty and Haylee.

The Beast

John is becoming a climbing machine.

Whidbey Visit: Mother Bolte Birthday

My Mom's birthday was on a weekend this year and I zipped up to help celebrate. By coincidence I was up there for the "Penn Cove Mussel Festival". Lots going on in Coupeville that weekend.

Father Bolte was as energetic as ever

There was a contest: who could eat the most mussels in 2 minutes

The Birthday girl was looking great!

Holidays 2010 on Whidbey

We jumped the Amtrak for Seattle and the usual Bolte family get-together on Whidbey Island.

The ride up was uneventful despite lots of snow and cold weather.






















Everyone was well and we did all the usual things: visited, played guitars, played cards, ate well, spent a day at Mt Baker skiing/snowboarding, climbed at the Evertt climbing gym and had slide shows from years gone by.

Kitty teaching her Grandfather about sourdough

The card games were epic

The whole crew

It was 35F and the wind was blowing about 100 mph for this walk on the bluff then down the beach

Sister/Aunt Becky

We always spend an afternoon at the Everett climbing gym

We had one day of sunny skies and warm weather

John, Zach, Kitty at Mt Baker