Donner Party- Going Home!

On Sunday, after the Reunion, we packed up the cabin and headed out to Truckee for the rest of the day. We walked around downtown Truckee which has seemed to really grow in the last 5-10 years. It's full of shops and eateries and has a general happy buzz. With the whole fam. hangin' around we decided to ditch Truckee and head back to the lake.

We went to the Donner State Park area of the lake and found a great little spot on the beach. The weather was overcast, yet warm and it looked like a storm was about to blow in. We hung out there for an hour or so, made friends chip....or was it dale....?....a chipmunk at any rate and skipped some stones along the waters edge. We had such a good time hanging out as a family together, ther is something to be said about family time....something good!

We packed up David, Davina and James in our car and prepared ourselves for an easy car ride home....that was not to be. After 4.5 hours on a regular 2.5 hour drive we finally made it home. I dropped Aaron off and went to gas, but it wasn't to be had....the gas cap was stuck on the car and our tank was rediculously EMPTY! We ended up breaking the gas cap, not getting any gas, and leaving the Mazda in the "Cash for Clunkers" car lot across from the dearlership overnight....what a day.....

Another Night Out

The other night we patronized The Rellik Tavern, a local pub that Katie, David and Davina work at. I must say at the opening of this place the only thing that impressed us was the venue. The service was less than adequate, the owners had no clue, and the place was, as many yelp authors put it, "full of cougars and douche bags". The cougars and douche bag thing hasn't changed, but our experience gets better and better with each visit...and maybe each drink! haha! This was just a little more than a "usual" night out...but we won't go there...will we?