Pics of Katy

This is how it all started, I have friends that are supportive and friends that are competitive. At times I would think why can't we just do these events for fun? It was never like that with this group of gals, especially for Subrina. But the day we found out that Katy was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer we all became the supportive kind. It was a blow to us, we thought no way this could be happening. It's something we hear about, not live through. It's been a year and a half since Katy's diagnosis and we're left with her memories. But I know one thing Katy would be proud of, and that's the fact that we've all stayed friends and have made new ones along the way. Our mission is simple, it's to help spread awareness for early detection of Ovarian cancer. All of our friends will be doing events, runs, cycling, wine tasting, beerfests (hey competition is competition!) and along the way we'll be spreading the word.Stay tuned for what stories we learn along the way! Katy was an amazing, inspiring person who truely lived life to the fullest. We love and miss you much.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Jackson Adventure

I've been asking my friend Subrina to go on a road trip with her jeep. I love jeeps, the open air, the off roading (if needed), for some reason I just feel more adventerous when I'm in one. So she got it ready and drove up to Sacramento, where we were going to kidnap Lisa and hit the open road. With it being Katy's birthday on Wednesday we knew the three of us had to be together.

It had been beautiful, sunny, blue skies and warm. Needless to say, Tuesday happened to be one of the coldest days of the week. But hey it's an adventure so off we went.. Of course Lisa said, she was only going because it's what Katy would have wanted her to do. And by looking at her bundled up I'm sure she wasn't kidding;)


Lisa and Kirby

Amador county has several wineries, but we stayed in Jackson which is a about 25 minutes south of all of them. Hey no worries, let's go check out downtown Jackson.. that took all of 2 minutes to drive through. And we learned that most things are closed, Mon, Tues, Wed.. how do people stay in business??



Downtown Jackson

Off we went to Sutter Creek, a cute little town , 10 minutes away. Had some lunch at the Palace, then walked down the street to wine taste at the only place that was open for wine tasting. However before the wine tasting we had stopped at a few Antique stores, Subrina is a big fan, it's something she and Katy shared and appreciated together.

As we were looking around, we started talking to a local, we were telling her we are going to walk to downtown Jackson and check out the local bar. She was adamant about us not going.. that we should drive 15-20 minutes away and go to St. George in Volcano. She had lived there all her life and had never gone in. What?? Well then for sure we have to check it out right?



In town, Lisa and Subrina stopped at a book store. Lisa likes to check out books, pick up ones that she needs to replace in her library. Odd thing is as she went inside Subrina was looking at the books outside, okay Subrina looking at books isn't the odd part :) It's the book that Subrina finds, "What Katy did at School".. throughout the day there were signs that Katy was with us.










The Main Event Bar, with the tourquoise door was nothing to be afraid of. I think most people are friendly if you give them a chance. We met a few locals that day and their stories were very interesting. However they did think we were with the FBI because Subrina was asking so many questions.



All in all it was a good trip, we created new memories and have more stories to tell.. isn't that what life is about? Take adventures.. whether it's an afternoon, a day or a week go out there and make new memories with your friends and family.

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