DSCN2539.jpg Jana, Laura, Robin, Kathy, and Julia climb one of the smaller rocks. You can see that Julia is just looking for a bigger rock to climb.	DSCN2540.jpg At Castle Rock, someone demonstrates the safe, correct way to descend a big rock.
DSCN2541.jpg It helps to have someone down below, pretending that they can do something for you if something goes wrong.	DSCN2542.jpg Unfortunately, Julia also saw someone free climbing Castle Rock.
DSCN2543.jpg Julia convinces Robin, Mike, Laura and Kathy to free climb a slightly bigger rock. Still, she's looking for an even bigger rock to climb.	DSCN2547.jpg The "Great Dinosaur Rock". One of its eyes can be seen jutting out from the upper right. The lower jaw is fully visible.
DSCN2548.jpg Julia tells Robin, Laura, Jana and Kathy that she wants to climb the rock which is down over the ledge behind them.	DSCN2549.jpg This is what the rock looks like.
DSCN2550.jpg Jana captures a picture of the buzzards flying far below in the valley while Robin and Laura look on. Julia is thinking, "I could climb down there."	DSCN2551.jpg Julia has dashed over the rock shouting, "Come on, there's some more rocks to climb further up the trail."
DSCN2551A.jpg Off towards the ocean.	DSCN2552.jpg The rest of us came to look at the meadows of wildflowers, but Julia keeps rushing us along, since there aren't any big rocks here.
DSCN2552A.jpg Somewhere deep in the forest, someone has lost their wooden couch.	DSCN2553.jpg Near goat rock, we sit on a bench and ask, "What, is Julia crazy or something?"
DSCN2554.jpg Julia tries to defend herself. No one is convinced that she is not crazy.	DSCN2555.jpg Just what we need -- someone demonstrating free climbing on Goat Rock.
DSCN2555A.jpg Tiny person on a big rock.	DSCN2556.jpg He has no gloves.
DSCN2557.jpg He is wearing tennis shoes.	DSCN2558.jpg But he's been doing this for 15 years.
DSCN2559.jpg We record his climb, for insurance purposes.	DSCN2560.jpg This next part is tricky.
DSCN2561.jpg Yet he makes it safely.	DSCN2564.jpg That's all Julia needed. So, up to the top of Goat Rock she goes.
DSCN2564A.jpg Julia says, "You should really come up here."	DSCN2564B.jpg Having gotten up there, there is the small problem of how to get back down.
DSCN2565.jpg We decide that carrying her dead body back to the car would be harder than helping her get back down.	DSCN2565A.jpg Mike tries to tickle Julia's feet while she climbs down.
DSCN2565B.jpg Despite Mike's interference, Julia makes it down.	DSCN2566A.jpg The shortcut home.
DSCN2566B.jpg Well, there used to be a shortcut here somewhere.