Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman aint got nothing on me.

Today's 50 degree weather was a breath of fresh air! Even though it is now snowing and cold... but heck 50 degrees is a much needed rise in temperature and morale.

In case anyone was sleeplessly wondering how my terrible sickness is going... no need to worry I think I'm going to make it. (pity cough.. pity cough)

My Three day Medicine Diet:
In your face Dr. Quinn (not Sully..he is the man)
2tsp of Delsym every 12 hours.. then throw in 4tsp of Tussin chest congestion (wild berry flavor of course) every 8 hours. Then before bed throw down some..ok alot.. Night Time Cough All Night Relief.. then between medicine shots, suck on some Cough Drops.. cherry flavor of course.. gotta keep it real with the cherry. That seems to be working so far.. not out of the woods yet..but I see the tree line up ahead. (c)

Gotta get back on my feet...

keep your eyes on the horizon.
Jc

Lazy Sunday.

Caitlin and I have determined that being outside more will bring spring about faster. Today was a great one. With my poor sick roommate in a Nyquil induced comma, I got up early, picked up Cait, drank some coffee, at some day old muffins, courtesy of By the Book, and went to Jacob's Well. As usual, great service, great message, great friends. Taking advantage of the great spring weather we wandered around The Nelson lawn and explored for the second time the great galleries of the Bloch Building. Came across some new great things worth checking out. A photography exhibit: Time in the West: Photographs by Mark Klett. Its great that a major art museum is free.









Offically started planning some weekend trips for this spring. Starting with Piney-Creek Wilderness and Taum-sauk Mt.

REI Garage sale: STL, less than a week away.

...great day.

Much love-
R. Lauer

Cough..cough...uaaaaaakahhhhh(really big cough)

Greetings from Sick Camp.

I totally underestimated the wildness of my cough and have been unsuccessful thus far to tame it.
Hopefully NyQuil won't fail me now.

Due to my illness this will be all. However I will urge you all to track our good friend, video genius, Brandon Goodwin as he chronicles his adventures in the People's Republic of China.

Wash your hands~
J.C.

not close enough.

This week has been a great music week. I've came across and rediscovered a lot of artists that are really hitting a chord with me. I think it has something to do with the crappy weather, too many YouTube climbing videos (this one's great), really boring classes, and more snow than I can remember in a winter. So here's my top 8 albums in rotation for me. Why 8 I don't know.

1. Lupe Fiasco's, "The Cool"

2. Eddie Vedder, "Into the Wild"

3. Brett Dennen, Self-titled

4. Waterdeep, "Sink or Swim"

5. U2, "Joshua Tree"

6. Andrew Bird "Armchair Apocrypha"

7. Wilco, "Sky Blue Sky"

8. Tea Leaf Green, "Live in San Francisco 4.7.06"

Its been a good winter for reading. I'm chowing through some Kerouac, but thats too dangerous to do when one is locked into school, one place, and winter weather. I'm reading Vollmann's "Riding Toward Everywhere", don't really like it. At this point I'm just reading to finish it.

Bumming around Kansas City this weekend. Can't wait to head to Columbia in a week.

Peace and chow-

RFL.

Spring and adventure are close....

Old Man Winter Strikes Agian~

Another snowy day in Liberty...

That means we can't go climbing, can't go to the grand opening of the new Bass Pro Shop, and definitely can't avoid of getting sick. But it does mean we can complain some more.

On a good note~

Lunar Eclipse last night was amazing!


Ryan and I got our new Patagonia El Cap 1/4 zip fleece pullovers today (bomb). Suggested Retail price: $75.00. What we paid? $35.00. Thank you Steep and Cheap!

Since today was a snowy.. nasty.. cold.. bitter.. old man winter day, I busted out season 1 & 2 of Saved By The Bell. Wow what a show. I have included a clip below that might change the way you look at your life...

Thats all i got today, I'm going to go tame this cough then part its mane and ride it off into the sunset.

JC

Saved by the Bell - Buddy Bands

Mountain Cravings

Winter's wearing on the two residents of Browning 105. Its tough living the life of a flatlander. All winter I've been compiling my collection of gear and stalking Steep and Cheap to have some great stuff to play with when the warm weather rolls around. Spring is only a couple weeks away and we're going a little crazy. The two nights a week of climbing at our local gym can't control our fever for hiking, climbing, camping, and spending time outdoors.

Yesterday we went exploring Roger's Sporting Goods here in Liberty. We're now determined to buy some hug rods, go down to the Missouri River and snag an 80lb catfish named Meaty.

A couple of other happenings:

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  Jordan, Caitlin M. Bunn, and myself will be making a trip to the STL to expirience the wonder of a REI Garage Sale on March 1st.



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  A reconnaissance trip to Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, outside Jasper, AR is only a couple of weeks away.



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  Jordan is much better at Perfect Pushups than I am.



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  Don Chaffer of Waterdeep has a side project I'm really enjoying.

-Ryan F. Lauer