Cali X Cross Ski trip

- landed Thursday evening at Redding… barely made our LA layover

- rented some cross country skies next morning for the weekend

- ate about a pound of peanut m&m

- went x country skiing at Lassen Friday afternoon. Lots of snow fall and great warm up

- Friday evening we went to a brewery for drinks and dinner, hostess was Stan’s grand daughter

- had a delish frittata from Dell and Brian on Saturday

- Saturday we went to Shasta for more cross country skiing. Again amazing powder and views. Did a little hors piste

- had the notorious Dell and Brian salad for dinner. Along with Maura’s Espresso Martinis

- Sunday we went back to Lassen and skied much further. We got close to the base of the chaos jumbles (or maybe chaos lumps?). Warmer and sunnier weather with sticky snow. 

- Sunday had dinner and pints at the recently opened Pipeline brewer (after trying on Friday, but had a huge wait)

- watched the first episode of mobland Sunday evening 

- whatcha USA beat Canada in hockey for the Olympic gold early Sunday morning

- Monday we returned our skies, walked on the sundial bridge, and then packed up for the Redding airport

- decided our next adventure could be Sturgeon getton in Wisconsin in Feb. we also will join the Ireland Winter Olympics team, cross country skiing might be the most appropriate sport. Happy girl run at crater lake. 

- saw some turkey. Gobble gobble

- talked about horse ridding. Gary running the Redding airport

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Niles FD pancake breakfast

• Niles FD threw together an Open House
• Full spread included. Pancakes, sausages, fruit, donuts, coffee. Compliments to the chef
• Gotta have some fun running around with Charlie
• Karl looked great in uniform
• Also gotta hand with the Toms crew
• There was a raffle to take a ride in the bucket

DNO - Insect Asylum

 

• Liam picked the Insect Asylum for the date night out activity
• We could of done a squirrel tail jewelry making class, but I correctly assumed that wouldn’t be Maura’s cup of tea (or mine)
• The museum was pretty cool, they had a bunch of inspects and butterfly’s on display. Also had taxidermy animas
• Upstairs they had some live ones. Fuzzy spiders, iguanas, snakes, and other insects. 
• After we went to a Greek restaurant near by. Very Yummers, good place to bring a big group

LP Zoooo Trip w/ Charlie

• Charlie day in the city with Tata Maura and Tonton Tuc
• She thinks we’re both Maura
• Went to Small Cheval for some burgers and train sight seeing
• Took the bus down Armitage to the zoo
• Saw Monkeys (one who ate some poop), flamingos,  snow leopard, lizard, otters and more!
• Then started walking back and eventually hopped on a bus back. 

White Sox Game

•  First game in while.
• Got tickets through work
• On Tuesdays they have good deals on food and drink
• Saw a few home runs
• Lots of the foul balls went into the crowd. whoops

Boys Trip - Nashville

•  Helllla dope weekend
• Scott flew some of us in a Cessna 310 (i think?) which was so cool. Really cool experience would do in a heart beat. It was really cool to be in a plane landing and see out the front. Tar killed it on the pre flight check list. oh also saw Theo Von at the airport in Nashville
• Saw the Titans play the Rams. Pretty good game until Rams ran away with it at the end. L'Jarius is a cool name. We were cooking out there but luckily some people got sunscreen.
• We also had chicken and waffles before the game they were dank.
• Went to a cigar lounge, pretty fun.
• Used scooters to ride around
• Also went to a BBQ place and had yummers brisket

• Airbnb didn't have a wine bottle opener, Kev reached out to the host but didn't get a helpful response
• Evan had a weird lump in his foot
• Also someone brought hangover patches that smelled terrible
• Super comfy beds, good aribnb pic Tar

Honeymoon Part 4 - Porto Again

• Came back to Porto again for the last night before we left.
• Stayed at Axis Porto Club Hotel, I was themed/tied to the local football team. Very cool hotel, would stay again
• Hit up the Livraro Lello and got a copy of Le Petit Prince. Inside was pretty cool, very packed. Apparently jk Rolling used to live in Porto and people think the Harry Potter library is modeled off this one, but jk denied it.
• Maura found an amazing restaurant for dinner, maybe the best food and wine we had? It was tapas and everything smacked. The had fois gras ball things that were unbelievable, its the one in the picture. Rio's Tapas, a must eat.
• Sadly trip came to an end and made our long journey on plane, plane, and train to get back home.

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