Sacramento Travel Group Meeting - Saturday May 19

Okay - The Wedding begins at 4:00 am in our time zone, but coverage online and on TV begins at 1:00 am...soooooo...we can either meet at Andrea's house around 3:00 am at the latest, or just get there Friday night and stay up! I'll bring lots of lemon cupcakes (in honor of the supposed lemon wedding cake) and plenty of 'fascinator makings' - we can do some crafting while we drink tea (or ale or cider) and watch The Beautiful People as they arrive for the ceremony.

Andrea, just let us know what else we need to bring ;-)

noDoz?

Amgen Tour of California Final Stage and Finish in Sac, Royal Wedding and Sac Group meeting... so much happening, so many choices!

Nigel, please poke around a bit and see if you can find any No-Doz (or the equivalent) with the couple's faces printed on them...or at least the Union Jack. I'd settle for their wedding date.

Susan, Folsom is hosting the pentultimate stage on Fri the 25th, but I (stupidly) made a physical therapy appt for race time; I think I need to talk to my therapist...

Andrea must be busily making up the guest beds, cleaning her tiara...

And the Amgen Tour of California comes within 1 long block of our home 2x on the 19th. We're thinking we can catch one lap and still be at the 10 AM meeting, but maybe a bit late or we could meet here... A little Earl Gray, scones and bike racing???

Oh now that’s a great idea Mona... cuz as of now I’ll be at the Tour!... 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️

Eileen, you definitely need to change that appt! 😂

I just checked and the race doesn't start until 10:15 so if we catch the first lap near our street we'll definitely be late to the meeting, unless...

Mona, it's so sweet of you to offer to host a watch party! :-) Eileen loves to offer up my house. But seriously, I'm going to DVR the wedding festivities and Jim will be working on the 19th, so after the meeting we could definitely watch it at my house without having to deal with any eye rolling from him. He won't be home until Monday, in case it runs long...

...and we still get to have a sleepover at Andrea's!

Oops...I just remembered I have to go to my niece’s dance performance that Saturday evening. Bad timing. I was going to go on Friday evening, but it turns out I’ll be driving home from L.A. that day.

You all are either too much fun OR no fun at all ... I haven’t decided yet ...
😉
And I don’t know yet if I am coming but I’ll be watching the meeting developments!

SharYn, let me know when you've figured it out. ;-) I hope we will see you at the meeting.

Sure, Andrea...

Okay - my new plan.

Party At Mona's!!! Attire choice is optional - either Royal Wedding- or Pro Cyclist-themed. In addition to the cupcakes, I'll also bring a case of PowerGel and a few extra wheels in case of flats.

Mona will be delighted, I'm sure ;-)

Oh, and Susan - I changed my appt time for the Amgen :-D

We are still up for a 10 AM combo DVR'd wedding/Amgen live watch at our house if you can stand to not meet at beloved and familiar Panera. Otherwise, we'll be a little bit late to the Panera meeting after we watch the Amgen riders pass through our neighborhood for the 1st of their 2 x in the neighborhood. Keep us posted but I'm washing out the teacups and getting the Gatorade bottles ready...

Mona, that is so tempting. We've never cancelled a meeting a Panera. Hmmm...maybe someone else can go there and set things up?

Or...

The Wedding will be on my DVR. If anyone is interested in coming over on Sunday I have no obligations all day. Thoughts?

I know, it's the NEVER cancelling a Panera meeting and the thought that someone may show up and no one is there that makes me not want to rock the boat.

Sorry we'll be missing the fun in Sacramento -- except we will be (with luck) taking the train from Avignon to Paris that day (yes, it's a strike day)
Lauri and Ed
UPDATE : got an email from SNCF that our train WILL be running as scheduled. Whew!

Mona, as exciting as it would be to see the Amgen pass by your place I think I'll have to go to Panera. You'll know where to find us. ;-)

Hi gang!! Currently in London and trying to recruit more folks for your meet-up! Chatting with some folks from Sacramento at breakfast and gave them info on how to find the meeting announcement on the forum. They’ll still be traveling this month but maybe They will turn up in June.

Thanks Pam. More people! Everyone is welcome. We may need to consider a larger meeting place at some point. There must be a limit to how many tables we can push together at Panera. :-)

We'll be at Panera too although maybe a few minutes late. I kind of feel trapped by bike races that day. The Tour of California passes to our north, then east, that morning while the Davis Double Century heads out of Davis to our south. That's a lot of road closures!

Look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

I should be there, with the latest exciting news about our upcoming east coast trip.

See everyone soon. I'm looking forward to hearing about everyone's recent travels and and upcoming trips.

A few of you in the Sacramento travel group have expressed an interested in doing a home exchange. We've received an inquiry for this summer for a 3 week exchange in Carcassonne that we have to say no to. They want to exchange in Sacramento. Anyone interested? If so, PM us.