We arrived late at night and went straight to sleep in the back of the van. The convenience of the van is still super exciting to me. After living out of my CRV for so long and going through the rearranging process each night before going to bed, it is quite a novelty to be able to get out of the front seat and walk into the back and get right in bed. It's also great to throw up some curtains and sleep until noon...
Needless to say, we had a lazy start in the morning. The approach takes about 30 seconds and soon we were standing on the sunny beach looking at an immaculate block of sandstone. The striking line up the middle of the boulder sent an exciting tingle up my spine. "I want to send that problem," I thought. We quickly warmed up on some casual climbs on the sunny side of the boulder. Then we went to our main objective. I touched the start holds. 
"It feels damp," I mumbled disappointingly. And it was. The moisture of the ocean and the morning fog had left the rock damp and unclimbable. We had driven over two hours to try this problem and it was certainly disheartening to find it wet. So I turned to my backpack full of food in search of some healing therapy in the form of bread and cheese. We sat down on the crashpad in front of the ocean and munched away on our snacks and washed them down with Flux. There are certainly worse ways to spend the day.
After we had our fill we headed back down the coast a bit to a place called Goat Rock. It was very scenic and we got on some fun lines on the very slick rock. Soon the sun was setting and it was time to hit the road. A great day with even better company was in the books.
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