Jason's brothers, Jonathan and Harrison, did a great job of putting together an awesome weekend of activity. It all started with getting this sweet house up in Guerneville.
There were 10 guys total in the house and prior to settling in for the first night, we decided to make a food run for groceries for a fancy dinner we would cook ourselves the next night rather than the original plan of going out. Critically, we also needed Jalapeño kettle chips.
We came prepared with a fine selection of board games and poker chips to help entertain us.
Several hours in, things got wild. By several hours, I really mean about 10pm and by wild, I mean Jason started nodding off (much to Scott's amusement).
After a good night's sleep, we wandered around the house while getting ready for the day's activity. In the backyard, there was a particularly tall sunflower. How tall? More than Scott tall.
The major activity we had planned for the day was canoeing down the Russian River. Here we all are, ready to hit the water and get moving.
What a glorious day it was on the water.
Not content to merely drink in the delightful visual experience, Nathan & I (right) engaged in several canoe skirmishes with Scott & Willy (left). Much excitement ensued.
Almost 2 hours in, we got to the first "bridge" which marked the completion of the first third of the journey. Boy did we not expect it to be this far of a paddle nor this time consuming. We opted to break for lunch on an empty bank of the river. Unless you've tried it, you don't know how tiring it can be getting up to ramming speed or executing evasive maneuvers for so long.
After a few more hours of paddling, we got to the end and decided to get some supplementary side dishes for our dinner on the way back to the house. Low and behold, we came upon a Hawaiian food restaurant (named "Ono"). A little slice of home (and a couple big platters of kim chee fried rice) out here at the Russian River!
We all split up duties for the dinner with some folks doing salad prep, cooking corn, cutting up watermelon and the like. Here's Imran manning the BBQ and making sure the steaks get done right.
And here we all are sitting down outside for our delicious dinner. Warm weather, good food, great company. What more could you ask for?
Awesome weekend for sure. Glad to have spent that time with all the gang out there on the Russian River (my first time out there also). Many thanks to Jonathan and Harrison for organizing and congrats Jason!
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