SLA on the River

Last weekend, friends invited me to their Russian River house for a little getaway. I was ill-prepared for my friend, Dale's, play-as-usual unconventional activity ideas. I was dressed in faux-leather flats and had no hat to wear in the rain. Not right. Not right at all.

Activities included:
1. Go to Mercantile in Guerneville for appropriate rain-hiking footwear; also buy hat to hide rain-mussed hair. Find heavy-duty boots that might be usuable in my regular life and only hat on premises. A red beret.
2. Go to Korbel Champagne Cellars for a tasting (she's a wine club member, but of course!); buy a bottle of champagne.
3. Sneak into Korbel Cellars' "employees only" museum. There we learned of the history of Korbel as only employees are to know it. HA. HA-HA!
4. Hike Anderson Woods trail. Have picnic of champagne, salami, cheese and crackers. Boots work. So does hat.
5. Make jokes that I look like I'm in the SLA. "That's not so bad, right?" True, I'm totally and utterly against The Man, so, ok!

Moral of the Story:
1. go rain-hiking in whatever shoes you can buy that don't leak.
2. definitely always go behind doors that say you can't.
3. Korbel Rouge Champagne is really delicious; it's red!
4. don't be afraid to look like you're in the SLA. who is anyone to say?!
5. always choose to leave the house over watching TV or web surfing.
6. YOU CAN WEAR ANYTHING AND PULL IT OFF IF YOU CARRY YOURSELF LIKE A PRO.