Anyone who knows me well will know that I love being on an adventure for my birthday and this year was no exception.
I took the whole week off and started out with a 3 day ‘Hike our Brains Out’ trip to Canmore with a friend. We lucked out with 3 blue sky days. We chose 1 hike in Kananaskis, 1 in Banff, and 1 in Yoho, so the terrains were different and all beautiful. After a couple of almost 10 hour days on trail I would say we succeeded in our goal!
After a car day to pick up RobO in Medicine Hat it was back to Calgary again to fly to San Francisco. I used the Turo car share app to rent us a Mini Cooper we named Timmy and we hit the road to Napa.
We have had ‘Go to a Chris Isaak concert’ on the bucket list for upwards of 10 years. When I saw he was playing Napa on my birthday I took it as a sign. After a morning run we started the day with a wine and chocolate tasting (yum!) followed by paella for 2 for dinner.
In the lineup to get into the concert the security guard told RobO that signs were not allowed. Good thing I could fold them up to fit into my pockets! The result: a birthday shoutout during a song. The concert was definitely worth a bucket list check!
The next morning I had set us up for a ‘Drills and Play’ tennis session at the fancy Napa club. It was great. We polished off some chilequiles for post tennis carbs and headed back over the Bay bridge for the trip home.
Last event of this birthday week is a wedding in Calgary. 1 week, 3 different adventures = success!
