3.21.9

On this second day of Spring, spending it with friends hiking one of our favorite trails Mt Galbraith seemed most appropriate.

As we prepared and packed a picnic, Xerxes made me my favorite smoothie for breakfast Peanut Butter & Banana with Yogurt. The picnic was a hit as we sat "under the tree by the rock" and looked out over our favorite town of Golden. We had our final day of Roast Beef Sandwiches. Kelly and Adam provided Chips, Oranges, Grapefruit, Dark Chocolate, and even a couple Beers to split. The great company and beautiful scenery made for such a joyful picnic.

After hiking, we felt we deserved a treat. We headed into Golden's only Soda Shop the Golden Sweet Shop and Xerxes and I split a Cookies n Cream Malt.

The day rapidly was coming to an end and yet again we managed to not have the time or energy to throw something together, so we treated ourselves to pizza. We have become big fans of Mannie & Bo's Pizza in Golden. Mostly because it was the first dish we ate after moving here as we sat on our climbing pad, propped up on the dusty floor of our new apartment surrounded by all of our stuff that we had managed to hull from California. The flavors of that first pizza were our only welcome in a town where we quickly made such wonderful friends, but at the time knew no one. We have since settled on only one flavor which is their slightly unusual Hawaiian Pizza, containing the typical Pineapple & Canadian Bacon, but also the more unique Fresh Tomatoes and blobs of fabulous Cream Cheese. I highly recommend this combination and can safely say that while Mannie & Bo's may not be the best Pizzeria I have ever experienced it is hands down our favorite in Golden.

The bottle of white from Castoro Cellers in Paso Robles went perfectly with our pizza feast. Cheers!