That was a heck of a wild weekend.  Too wild for me.  That should, in theory, lead to an extensively long update, filled with all kinds of sordid details on the crazy things we did over the last few days.  Alas, instead it just left me exhausted, entirely too spent to actually type.

We started off on Friday when our friends Jill and David drove in from Texas.  Well, they didn’t actually drive in from Texas, they drove from somewhere else they’d been to, on the way to Texas, or from Texas…  I don’t know.  Sounded like a lot of driving.  They’re retired and it’s what they do.  We didn’t have much planned for Friday.  We threw some sausages on the grill and sat around on the patio catching up.

Saturday we got a late start.  We laid down a nice base with a delicious breakfast of stacked enchiladas, covered in a fiery green chile sauce they’d brought in from New Mexico.  Once I could feel my face again, we headed out for a little wine tasting in Sutter Creek.  I believe that little town has probably surpassed Amador for our local wine destination of choice.  Maybe a few minutes further on the drive, but worth it on several fronts.  One of them being the all important pizza-front…  They’ve got a great pizza place there.  Unfortunately we ate a little too much and were far too stuffed to enjoy the ribeyes we cooked when we got back home.  We made a pretty fair run at it though.

Sunday we headed the opposite direction, up to Auburn.  I wanted to take them to visit a few of my favorite local breweries;  Knee Deep and Moonraker filled that bill quite nicely. Our friends Michael & Alaina (and their new puppy) joined us there, and we had a nice afternoon.  Fine weather and a fine pint, hard to beat.  We cut that day a little short and went back to the house for Thai takeout and Sunday night football.  Whew, that’s too many activities in one weekend for the old man.