Quintessa Winery Tour

A group of us went to Napa to Quintessa Winery for a tour. The view was great and so was the wine!!!

Saturday July 18th

Saturday started out with a team meeting so we all were on the same page for the day and also on race day.








Later that day we had to go and pick up our race packet. There was a few exhibitors and free wine!!





Then the day ended with a pasta party!! Lots of carbs!!!!

Team Wisconsin arrived in SFO on Friday 17 July at 11 AM. They made a few stops along the way to the Team Hotel in Sonoma. I met up with them around 4pm at the hotel. Was glad to be at the hotel after 6 hours of driving from Yosemite.

We had a team dinner and then we all headed to bed.

Today we will have a short run walk at 7:30 am. Some of us will head to a wine tasting and others will lounge by the pool.

We all have to pick up our race packets and then tonight we will have our pasta dinner.

Tomorrow is the big race and we are all excited to get that started.

TRAVELING TO NAPA

I left Tuesday 14 July to start my journey to Napa for the 1/2 Marathon. I decided to go to Yosemite National Park to see my cousin Ed. We haven't seen each other for years and this was the perfect opportunity.

It was a 4.5 hour drive from SFO to Yosemite. Once there I had no cell phone or internet. Such peace and quiet.

The park is beautiful and hot. High 90's during the day and 50's overnight. Pictured above is Half Dome.

Ed is a conductor for the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad which gives tourists a ride on a train pulled by a steam engine once used by the logging company up there. I took a moonlight ride with him on Wednesday. I got to ride up in the steam engine for 1/2 the trip. It was a great time.

I left Yosemite on Friday 17 July to travel to Sonoma to the Team Hotel.

Thanks to Ken Walter of WindDancer Balloon Promotions we are having a Hot Air Balloon ride for Two raffle!!!!!! See Waukesha County from the sky!!

The Balloonist's Prayer

The winds have welcomed you with softness.
The Sun has blessed you with his warm hands.
You have flown so high and so well,
That God has joined you in your laughter
And He has set you gently back again
into the loving arms of Mother Earth.

Get your chances now!!! $10 for one raffle ticket 3 for $25.00

You can make a donation on our webpages - see link on this page

LET YOUR FRIENDS KNOW ABOUT THIS GREAT RAFFLE YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MIGHT HAVE CROHN'S OR COLITIS!!!!!

Help a great cause!! As they said at Taking Steps! BE LOUD AND PROUD!!!!

Hear from those affected:

Three Siblings Diagnosed With Crohn's Disease

I'm Mastin, and I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease 14 years ago when I was 12 years old. My younger sister Kaci was diagnosed 7 years ago at age 15, and my younger brother was diagnosed 6 months ago at age 12. This is a cause near and dear to all of our hearts.

We have had our ups and downs, and we have talked with and helped lots of others along the way. It truly is a lifestyle change in a sense, but with the help of the CCFA and everyone else who volunteers or makes a donation for research, we are constantly seeing improvements in the quality of our lives, which comes from new medicines and better nutritional information. They also provide support groups for those of us who need to talk to someone who understands what we go through each and every day.

Open your hearts and help with this worthy cause. Without the caring and loving people in this world, we would not have all of the resources we have today.

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!

Thanks for coming to the our Team Challenge Bowl-A-Rama

Well our Bowl-A-Rama was great fun!!! A good time was had by all. Thank you to all who came out and supported our cause! We greatly appreciate it!! Hope you enjoy the pictures -