Wed, Jan 19

01.19.05

Gary Gerber called last evening and suggested we go to Sun Valley, Idaho since it was so close to Twin Falls. So we headed out for Sun Valley around noon today. We were supposed to leave earlier, but since Harlan likes to stay up late Brenda woke him up around 9am and then she fell asleep for a couple more hours. It was about a 2 hour drive.

The weather was the best since we departed Santa Clara. Blue skies and warm with lots of snow on the mountains. The drive up Rt. 93 & 75 to Sun Valley was beautiful. We found the Nordic Center at Sun Valley and decided to cross country ski for a couple of hours. The views were gorgeous as we weaved through the mountains on very nicely groomed trails. Harlan gave Brenda some more cross-country ski instruction, which helped her quite a bit.

We stopped by a camera shop in Sun Valley and Harlan bought an adapter for his camera. And of course we couldn’t resist the chocolate shop right next door. Had to buy some very fine dark chocolate for some very fine special occasion…like tomorrow which is Harlan’s birthday!!! We then headed back to Twin Falls to the same Holiday Inn Express that we stayed in last night, but this time got a whirlpool tub in our room. We ate dinner at a wonderful Italian restaurant next to the hotel called Johnny Corino’s and then stopped off at Best Buy to buy binoculars.

Update – the tiramisu from Johnny Corino’s was as good as the stuff I (Harlan) remember from Vaccaro’s in Baltimore (although the last couple of times I had it I thought it had changed for the worse). The other bits of the dinner made a very good late breakfast, and Brenda thinks this was the 2nd best restaurant we have been to this trip (the Cottonwood Grille being #1).

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7 Responses to “Wed, Jan 19”

  1. Eve and Don Metz says on January 20th, 2005 at 2:28 am :

    Happy Birthday, Harlan!

  2. Donnie says on January 20th, 2005 at 5:07 am :

    Harlan,
    Happy Birthday!

    Don and Ann

    PS Don’t share your chocolate with Brenda. She doesn’t like sweets! Ha!

  3. Donnie says on January 20th, 2005 at 5:08 am :

    I’m glad you visited Sun Valley. Ann and I went there sveral years ago. The village is nice and the views from the mountain are awesome.

  4. Harlan says on January 20th, 2005 at 11:11 am :

    Thanks folks!

    And Donnie, I already know how much Brenda doesn’t like chocolate…

  5. gary gerber says on January 20th, 2005 at 9:40 pm :

    Happy birthday young man. what a gift you are getting this year! there is nothing better than a great adventure. just remember Harlan as you travel with Brenda, that old Chinese Proverb:feed Brenda before she gets too hungry or else. Gary

  6. Brenda says on January 20th, 2005 at 10:42 pm :

    Donnie: C h o c o l a t e ? I think I learned to eat it when you were putting all those games away….I remember getting it from the locked freezer (well…at least the folks thought it was a locked freezer) hahahahahahahahahahahhah

  7. Donnie says on January 21st, 2005 at 5:01 am :

    Brenda…I’m shocked! You stole food from the freezer? Probably because you needed comfort food after losing all those games to me. I do however remember you won once…I think it was “Go Fish” and I let you win!