This past weekend, four girls jumped into a Honda Element ecamper en route from SF to Red Rock Canyon, Las Vegas.  We weren't there to gamble.  We were there to climb and enjoy the Red Rock Rendezvous climbing festival 2010.

Here are the unusual suspects (mani, sony, joyce, maria):

The unusual 'penthouse sweet' ecamper (that sleeps 2 on top, 2 on bottom!):

We bouldered:

We sport climbed (leading and TR):

We sun bathed and simply enjoyed the outdoors:

including the festivities at the Red Rock Rendezvous:

We caught up with the Evolv climbing crew (who will be next month's contest sponsors!) and the 'rockclimbergirl':

Every night we slept in our 'penthouse sweet' ecamper - we definitely got a few looks of awe during the day but, most importantly, we were cosy and comfortable at night!

And if you're wondering, yes, we managed to hit the strip to clean up and visit friends staying at Aria - here are a couple of 'don't mess with us' poses just for kicks:

It certainly was a whirlwind road trip that will go down in our history books.

If you're going through the grind, perhaps it's time for you to take a break and plan an action-packed trip with your best (girl or boy) friends?