2024 Riverside Mission Inn

"I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month."

Off To Riverside For Dinner At The Mission Inn!

This year we are going early so avoid the terrible traffic so we will meet at Robin's home around 2:30 pm and then mosey down to the Mission Inn and so some street walking (oops, walking up and down the streets) to visit the shops and especially the "junk stores" where treasures are found!

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The mouse tree looked amazing.

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Years of collectibles are on this tree.

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The family tree is on the front room.

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Space Shuttle, yeah!

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Lunar landing 1969.

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Yeah ELVIS!!

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The moose glasses are always a kick!!

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We visited her trees; amazing works of art!!

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The sun was getting low in the western sky!

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The first 3-D TV!

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I almost broke the mirror!!!

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This is really a stick up!!

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Zachary and Becca would like this!!

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A shopping she will go... A shopping she will go!

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The shop was full of goodies!

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Which one is Santa??

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Love that jacket Bob!!!

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Great smile!

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The reflection from a silver ball on the tree!

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It's hard to focus and push while trying to keep up and smile!

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It worked!

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The upper left-hand corner reveals the shape of the ball!

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Oh My! Such a cold heart!!

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The stores were decorated for the season!

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The life-size dolls are in place.

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Baath Humbug??

Did You Know? - A humbug is a person or object that behaves in a deceptive or dishonest way, often as a hoax or in jest. The term was first described in 1751 as student slang, and recorded in 1840 as a "nautical phrase". It is now also often used as an exclamation to describe something as hypocritical nonsense or gibberish.

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I sent him my list early this year!!

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I thought of Joe and the boys!!

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Piggy-Winkels???   That sounds like a Humbug!

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Amazing, image caught without people going in and out.

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A happy shopper!

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"I present....."

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Ready to go!

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We are on our way to dinner.

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This year the street was blocked off, yeah!!!

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Now we can get to the Inn easily.

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The bark on this tree was a bright red!!

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Genuine Japanese Wago Beef  for the old man!  The stone was still several hundred degrees and I finished cooking the steak on the stone.

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Robin did the Ribeye.

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Lot's of giggling going on tis evening. Bob and Dru had a great time!

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Friends for almost 30 years!


Just kidding!!

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The steak is ready, so am I.

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Yummy!

Did You Know? - Wagyu (Japanese: 和牛, Hepburn: wagyū, lit. 'Japanese cattle') is the collective name for the four principal Japanese breeds of beef cattle. All wagyū cattle originate from early twentieth-century cross-breeding between native Japanese cattle and imported stock, mostly from Europe.

Wagyu beef is among the most expensive meats in the world.[2] It features marbling, meaning that streaks of fat exist within the red meat that make it tender and moist, while adding flavor. Wagyu beef is often known by different names depending on its place of origin.

In several Japanese prefectures, Wagyu beef is shipped with an area name; examples include Matsusaka beef, Kobe beef from the Tajima cattle, Yonezawa beef and Ōmi beef. In recent years, Wagyu beef has increased in fat percentage due to a decrease in grazing and an increase in the use of feed, resulting in larger, fattier cattle

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Dining was wonderful, not a lot of noise and lots of room between tables.

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Bob demonstrates how he butters his bread without cutting himself.

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Too much fun? I think not!

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Having a super time!

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We were put in the corner, on purpose perhaps!

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We were dressed for the season!

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Dinner is over now we have to go home!!

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