My folks and I made the hour and a half drive to Sacramento to pick up my grandparents today. It was interesting to visit the airport without actually taking a flight – I still get those traveling nervous excitement jitters when I go to an airport… even Sacramento airport.<\/p>\n
They arrived right on time and came off the plane excited and happy to be here. They don’t often travel on the plane – for the longest time we would relay them back and forth between San Diego and Glen Ellen by car. <\/p>\n
The drive back was a little traumatic – my grandmother’s travel sickness kicked in, so we took a long slow drive back. Once she got some time to rest up she did just fine. <\/p>\n
We snacked big time on chips, salsa, and cheese, and then had a big dinner. I cooked up yakisoba, and we also put some veggies on the BBQ – giant portabello mushrooms, onions, and peppers – wow! I had forgotten how good portabello mushrooms are. <\/p>\n
After dinner I passed around samples of two of my favorite beverages in Japan, yogurt-flavored Qoo, and Calpis. They both got good reviews from our panel of judges. Maybe I can send some back now and then. <\/p>\n
Tomorrow is the big party, so we’ll be preparing in the day and then partying through the night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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