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Had a great weekend getaway with the Schmidts to a historic little town in the foothills. We stayed at the Volcano Union Inn, went to Black Chasm Cavern, saw a play at the Cobblestone Theatre, and checked out Grinding Rock SHP.
I rode up there (mostly) with Sigman on Fri.
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| Nikko the superhero... getting ready for the day. |
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| Had a lovely breakfast downstairs at the bar. |
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| Coulter pine! |
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| the old brewery |
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| The Volcano Union Inn from the outside. |
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| Kai sitting in the old jail |
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| we stopped here during the Kingdom of Heaven 1000k. Mmmm, one of the reasons to come back to Volcano. |
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| Lunch inside the bakery |
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| after lunch, we went to Black Chasm Cavern right outside of town... where you can pann for jewels from a bag you buy from them. The kids love this... |
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| love Nikko's face here... |
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| this is the oldest running theatre in California. |
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| We saw "A Charlie Brown Christmas"... |
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| Back at the hotel, they had made our room for us... |
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| with the 2 hours of daylight left, I went on a quick ride. The roads around here are awesome for road biking. |
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| 2 real deers, one fake... |
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| Nikko had passed out from the day's activities |
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| and Kai was busy playing games with Mama Margie |
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| Check out this gem of a fireplace... |
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| more games.. |
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| The next day we went to Grinding Stone State Historic Park. |
