Lakeport

LAKEPORT:    26-30 March 2012

We arrived at my cousin Ginette and her husband Lonne’s home mid afternoon who by the way had won the best yard for November in Lakeport and it was very colorful.  We hung out for the rest of the day catching up on family and travel info and getting to know the family dog, Tia. Even though it was raining the next day we went to a casino and since we were new…they had us sign up and gave us $5 free play. Nori was the lucky one to turn the 5 dollars into $42 bucks….so guess who paid for lunch….you’re wrong….it was me.

Wednesday….more rain and so we got the grand tour of Lakeport along with a trip to a couple of local thrift stores. We stopped at Lonne’s mother’s (Arda) home just to find out that she was on her way to line dancing, so our visit was cut short. On our way home, we stopped at Lonne’s upholstery shop and grocery store.

Back at home Ginette got out her photo family album and I picked out 31 photos to get duplicated to add to my family photo collection. Lonne took Thursday off and we went to Napa Valley to Beringer’s famous winery.
 It was founded in 1876 and was very impressive inside and out. We were supposed to go to Ft Bragg and some place where the residents only spoke Phylo but due to flooding and landslides, that trip will be in the future.

Nori was supposed to make another smoked salmon Alfredo on linguine for the four of us and Ginette’s son Harley and his girlfriend but they were too ill to come. The ladies decided to exchange recipes and let the guys take them out for diner….an offer we could not refuse or else! The next day was Friday, the day of departure and a storm was on its way. After getting duplicates of the chosen photos we headed north.