Instead of riding, we drove up to Santa Rosa and stayed at Safari West, a wild animal reserve that offers all sorts of tours, as well as realistic Safari tent accommodations. On Saturday we went on a behind the scenes tour where we got to pet the world's smallest antelope (a blue diker named Lily), feed live meal worms to a acrobatic blue-throated roller, pet a porcupine, hang out with a vulture, and feed a 20 foot tall giraffe. It was a fun-filled, but crazy day!
After our tour we went to JoLe in Calistoga for dinner, an organic "Farm to Table" restaurant which proved to be one of the best restaurants I've ever been to, and I've been to many! After dinner we drove to Santa Rosa where our friends surprised Ken for drinks, which was quite a feat in many senses. Our plans changed at the last minute, I'm a terrible liar, my phone was ringing off the hook but couldn't answer it or Ken would know something was up, and three of the friends who met us there had just run a 50 mile race. Insane!
The next day we went to brunch at the Calistoga Inn, where Ken's mother, father, brother, and sister-in-law met up with us. Another surprise! After brunch we went on a private wine and cheese safari at Safari West. We saw all sorts of animals and the weather was perfect. I think everyone had a fabulous time!
Sometimes it's okay to take a break from training - especially for special occassions! Although I didn't train that weekend, I made up for the the following weekend with a buddy ride - post to follow shortly!
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