{"id":92780,"date":"2025-12-28T08:38:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=92780"},"modified":"2025-12-29T08:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:43:33","slug":"today-we-adventure-to-riverside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=92780","title":{"rendered":"Today We Adventure To Riverside!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92783\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-001.jpg 736w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-001-650x790.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-001-123x150.jpg 123w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-001-100x121.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today will be another amazing holiday adventure as we visit Robin and Bob, then head to The Mission Inn in Riverside.\u00a0 We have reservations at Dwight&#8217;s Steakhouse inside the Inn, a new but wonderful three-year tradition!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lilesnet.com\/Christmas\/Christmas2025\/2025-12-28-mission-inn\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>See the website for additional pictures and details.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We met at Robin and Bob&#8217;s home at 2:00 pm and had a glass of the bubbly as we perused the decor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92786\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92786\" class=\"wp-image-92786 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-116.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-116-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-116-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-116-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-116-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Everything was beautiful!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_92787\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92787\" class=\"wp-image-92787 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-123.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-123-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-123-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-123-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-123-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We wore our dragon (New Year&#8217;s) shirts to get in the mood!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then it was off to Riverside to walk around the antique stores before our 5:00 pm dinner.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92788\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92788\" class=\"wp-image-92788 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-132.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-132.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-132-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-132-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-132-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-132-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wait until dark, and the lights come on!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_92789\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92789\" class=\"wp-image-92789 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-146.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-146-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-146-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-146-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-146-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary made a new friend.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We loved the signs, and this one was emailed to Dianne immediately.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92791\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92791\" class=\"wp-image-92791 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-165.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-165-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-165-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-165-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-165-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes, indeed!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From the outside, the store looked harmless, but put our ladies inside, and one runs a great chance of going bankrupt!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92792\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92792\" class=\"wp-image-92792 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-167.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-167-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-167-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-167-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-167-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There should be a warning label outside!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From the junk stores (OOPS!!!\u00a0 The antique\/vintage store), we went to dinner at the Inn at Dwayne&#8217;s Seafood and Steakhouse, an elegant venue!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92793\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92793\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92793\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-173.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-173-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-173-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-173-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-173-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We are now officially hungry, so inside we go!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We were in a small, semi-private room with only four tables, so we could talk without yelling!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92794\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92794\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92794\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-199.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-199-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-199-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-199-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-199-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was a delightful setting.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bob ate a steak the size of Rhode Island (OK, so did I)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92795\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92795\" class=\"wp-image-92795 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-204.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-204-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-204-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-204-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-204-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 32 oz bone-in ribeye, it was humongous!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We crawled out of the steakhouse, full to the brim, and managed to stand upright for one last picture before going home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92796\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92796\" class=\"wp-image-92796 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-235.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-235-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-235-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-235-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-28-mission-inn-235-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was a wonderful evening with family!\u00a0 We all wished that Joe and Zachary could have been with us, but they are in the desert!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We drove home, arriving about 11:30 pm, and attempted to watch a movie without success.\u00a0 We gave up and crashed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lilesnet.com\/Christmas\/Christmas2025\/2025-12-28-mission-inn\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Remember to see the website for additional pictures and details.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92797\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92797\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92797\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/divider-safely-home-orange.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/divider-safely-home-orange.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/divider-safely-home-orange-650x365.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/divider-safely-home-orange-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/divider-safely-home-orange-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/12\/divider-safely-home-orange-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary is an outstanding navigator!!!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today will be another amazing holiday adventure as we visit Robin and Bob, then head to The Mission Inn in Riverside.\u00a0 We have reservations at Dwight&#8217;s Steakhouse inside the Inn, a new but wonderful three-year tradition! See the website for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=92780\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dining-out","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92780"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92799,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92780\/revisions\/92799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}