A New Beginning

Literally. Instead of the Opening Ceremonies at Cow Palace, like my previous 3-Day experiences, this year we started in the parking lot of a strip mall in Corte Madera. I didn’t know where Corte Madera was. I still don’t, really. LOL

Our usual Thursday-Night-Before-The-3-Day hotel near SFO didn’t work because it would mean we still had to drive another hour north to get to the Opening Ceremony, which almost defeats the purpose of going up the night before. I found a sweet little inn in San Rafael.

When Dave got home from work, he threw a few things into our overnight bag and we were on our way. The drive up was pleasant, traffic was minimal, and the sunset was amazing. The hotel was on a frontage road along the highway, unbeknownst to the GPS. In our struggle to find the place, at night, in a city neither of us had ever been to, at one point we ended up going the wrong way on a one-way street but thankfully found it fairly quickly. We checked in then went down the block to Burger King to grab something to eat. I had greasy, salty, bad for you fast food and I didn’t care. I was starving. Shortly after eating, I lay down and tried to sleep. I knew I had a big day ahead!

3-Day Friday started early, as usual. Shower, dress, coffee, quick breakfast, last minute packing, and we’re out the door. But first, the now traditional Friday morning in the hotel room pic:

Dave totally ROCKS the pink boa, dontcha think??!! :-D