Year Inwards Review...2014


2013 was non a practiced yr for us, to a greater extent than or less other yr of declining wages, sickness, as well as decease of loved ones took its toll. 2014 was ameliorate but nosotros nevertheless lost a span of people but it wasn't nearly every bit bad every bit the yr before.

The yr started amongst the culmination of our music cities tour, a groovy trip to Memphis as well as Nashville where 3 sick travelers soldiered on to convey you lot groovy sites of musical involvement along amongst coming together musicians Darren Jay, Vince Gill, Ranger Doug Green, Billy Thomas, Sundy Best, Amy Grant, Kenny Sears, as well as many more.

We wrapped upward our serial on The Ethnic Foods of the San Gabriel Valley amongst a see to historic Santa Anita Racetrack as well as the 626 Night Market, a stateside version of the nighttime markets of Asia correct hither inwards the practiced 'ole USA.

A few nighttime at the McDowell Mountains Marriott Resort inwards Scottsdale was only what the doc ordered to larn us over our vacation sickness. Who knew we'd also larn upward closed as well as personal amongst a really large wolf on our hike inwards Papago Park?

After literally hundreds of trips to Newport Beach inwards my lifetime, who would've idea there'd live on a novel bag of the bay I'd never seen? Yet, there it was on Lido Isle.


It's been years since we've been to San Francisco but this yr broke the streak every bit nosotros went to The City as well as also got Tim his 23rd MLB Stadium every bit nosotros watched the powerful Oakland A's crunch the Tigers only earlier Billy Beane destroyed the squad amongst his Cespedis-for-Lester merchandise at the terminate of July.

It wasn't far from in that place that nosotros works life out that Amador County is the cure for whatever ails us every bit nosotros spent a few days inwards the rolling hills of Sierra Foothill vino solid reason as well as the fabulous Shenandoah Inn inwards Plymouth, California. This was the trip that I in conclusion tracked downward the hugger-mugger winemaker of the county inwards our encounter amongst Fate.

It was dorsum to our favorite off the radar...way off the radar...trip destination, Bakersfield, every bit nosotros met upward amongst Rockwell as well as his historic honky tonk every bit good every bit making novel beast friends at the California Living Museum.

Our farthest trip took us dorsum to the Caribbean as well as the isle of Irie, Jamaica. Great fun, fifty-fifty though the hotel was a trivial disappointing, but nosotros also got to brand novel friends as well as convey Tim upward to speed amongst the same divulge of countries we've been to.

The struggle betwixt the metropolis of Irwindale, California as well as the Sriracha hot sauce mill gave us a groovy chance every bit possessor David Tran opened upward the doors to all comers to consider just how the tasty, spicy condiment is made.  It's Southern California's hottest novel attraction.

The Festival inwards San Pedro brought us inwards closed contact amongst brewers from all over the earth inwards November.

Looming retirement had us on the route to Northern Nevada as well as Reno earlier nosotros hung upward our traveling shoes for the year.

 If nosotros were to selection our favorite highlights, Amador County would live on at the piece of employment past times of my list, followed past times the music cities of Tennessee, thus Jamaica. We'll kickoff the novel yr shortly past times next inwards the path of i of the almost infamous tragedies of early on California earlier going to an undiscovered jewel inwards Mexico's Baja peninsula.

 For now, thank you lot for your back upward as well as next as well as Happy New Year's Day from !

 Darryl
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