10 Gallon Hat I can’t believe I ate the whole thing

So I says to him, I says "Get your own monkey!"

The last week was comprised of four days in Las Vegas at the massively overly excessive Venetian hotel for a work conference. My time there consisted of working long days and losing track of whether it was day or night. 

After losing all of my $40 dollars – being a high-roller, naturally I was sad to have lost soooooo much money and was ready to leave. 

It might have also been excitement to head out to San Francisco  to meet up with Jo and visit with E&K and crew. We headed to Lake Tahoe for a leisurely and/or grueling  vacation depending how you look at it. Two days in the warm spring snow at Northstar, couldn’t have asked for better conditions for a relaxed snowboarding trip.

In fast forward, it would read something like this:

Snowboarding, Eating, Hot Tub Beers, Jenga, determining the trustworthiness of historic icons, a little sleeping, and Eating some more. Repeat. 

If you aren’t much of the wordy type, here is a hyperactive visual tour of the outdoor portion of the trip:

All in all it was a blast and sealed the deal on the decision to make it to Shasta for the houseboat extravaganza which has only existed to us on film and through folk lore.  I am already preparing for the undoubted trip to Little Star Pizza for the corn meal crust deep dish we missed out on this time around….