Week Twenty-Three: Photo A Day 2009

Here is WEEK 23 of our "Photo a Day" project. The big event this week was attending the Far West Ski Convention in Reno. We drove up US395 and the views were spectacular. It was clear so we saw Mt. Whitney, the White Mountains, saw the spectacular view or Mammoth, the Minarets, Ritter and Banner, and Mono Lake. We left at 6 AM, stopped for lunch at BBQ Bill's in Bishop and arrived in Reno. around 5 PM. We joined Jim and Klaus from Big White for wine and dinner. The weekend included a trip to Virginia City, a Silent Auction, Lunch Awards, Dinner Awards and more Awards. Catherine did all the slides for the awards. We left Sunday in hopes of visiting Gene's niece in Eldora Hills. Traffic was a mess so we missed connecting. We then headed to Amador Country and found the most wonderful hotel at Jackson Casino. Our room was large and beautiful and only $75 and no tax. The food, even in the buffet, was fabulous. We wine tasted in Plymouth and then headed to Paso Robles for the night. We picked up our wine from "Dark Star" before doing some more tasting. We stopped at Kenneth Volk winery in Santa Maria, visited our friends Denice and Gary in Newberry Springs, and finally headed home.

Paper & elements from Laurie’s Scraps “Daddy’s Day.” Layout was modified from Lori’s Scraps ‘n Pieces QP.

Later.