I woke up knowing I really needed a rest day. Instead we ate and hiked all the way up the Estrella Canyon to get to a climb called Super Nova. Granted, it's not that long or steep of a hike, but it felt difficult after yesterday's hike!
Super Nova is an 8 pitch climb - the crux pitch being the first one. One gets warmed up very fast and really rudely on the route! The rock on this route is different than the other routes we'd done. Rather than being the typical sharp, light-colored, frictiony limestone, it was darker, and slick. Clearly when it rains, this route is a water fall.
I have to say, and Dave agrees that the route was rather boring. It can be characterized as 1) reach up, 2) grab slick slanting horizontal, 3) pull down, 4) repeat. Eight pitches of this. 
I was really tired from the day before and Dave felt he could use a rest day so we decided we would do that the next day. This time, it'd be a 'real' rest day! No photos of that excitement - other than walking into town to get some groceries, we really did just rest and make some chocolate. It was excellent!
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