October 21, 2018 - Autumn Weekend with Friends

Another great weekend at the Gap with longtime friends Niki, Patrick, Karen, Larry and Rodger.  Mostly good food, good talk and great wine.  On Saturday, after a very late breakfast and some cajoling of Jim from me, we took a trip over the the Fairground in Grass Valley to attend a Craft Fair. The fair was rather small - but everyone (except me) managed to find something.  Jim bought a handcrafted Birdhouse for Orinda.  It is really nice (probably too nice to put outside in the weather).

Saturday night was Jim's Chicken Masala which - of course was a big hit.  Karen, Larry and Rodger had to leave after dinner.

Niki, Patrick, Jim and I headed to the Hardware Store in Colfax (Jim can not get through a weekend without doing some kind of project).  On the way back, we drove through Dutch Flat and got to tour the Dutch Flat Hotel.  It was sold about 1 year ago to someone who lives in Grass Valley.  Glad it went to a foothills person rather than someone from the Bay Area (I know that sounds bad - since we are from the Bay - but the Rainbow Lodge was sold to someone from the Bay and they have not reopened it as a Restaurant/Bar/Hotel).  Anyway - Niki and Patrick got to roam through the building and loved it.

Our final trip was to our falls.  I have never been to the falls in Autumn.  It was quite lovely with all the dogwoods turning colors.  Though I decided not to climb down the cliff to the bottom of the falls (wrong shoes), everyone else did and took some really nice photos.

Niki and Patrick got on the road before nightfall, and Jim did his small project and left for home around 7 pm.  I stayed on (of course) since we had an appointment with Amerigas to re-hook up our propane to the game room.  And, as always, there was clean up to do.