Cabin Weekend 2013

We were invited to go to Arnold and stay in a cabin with a group of friends a couple of weeks ago.  It was a great place and we had a good time.

Most people went up earlier in the day on Friday, but Justin & headed up after work.  We arrived just in time for dinner (BBQ Chicken, Potatoes and grilled Zucchini).   After Dinner we played a game called "Who, What, Where".  It sure made us laugh a lot.

The bedroom situation was almost perfect.  There were two bedrooms, a bathroom and a loft upstairs.  Mike &Denise had one of the bedrooms, The single ladies shared the other bedroom. And Justin & I were in our big air mattress in the den (Picture below). Sarah & Phil were in the downstairs bedroom and the single men were on the couches in the living room.

Saturday Morning, once everyone was up Phil whipped up a batch of his from scratch buttermilk pancakes.  Mike cooked up a ton of bacon and since stove was being utilized, I suggested we cook the eggs in the oven in a muffin tin.  We made 6 where we just cracked them and cooked them at 400 for about 10 minutes.  And then I made 6 scrambled.  They came out pretty good!

Two car loads of people headed up to have a lake day and go kayaking and sunbathing, etc.  Casey, Andrew & I stayed behind.  I explored the "town" and looked in the thrift store and discovered the cute little main street in Murphys.  The people that went to the lake were in for a surprise.... It was frozen and had snow.  Justin jumped in anyways.  He & Mike also slid down the snow covered hills.  I guess they found an unfrozen lake and walked around until the ran into this Dam.  Mike & Justin went through the huge hole in the fence to get a closer look and were lectured by the sheriff almost immediately.
Casey tried to stop Justin from running home and ended up hurting his ankle- He was a trooper.

That evening, we had a murder mystery dinner.  Denise played the Sheriff and Mike was written in as CSI Griffin.  I played a special Olympics swimmer with prosthetic hands, Justin was a big fat garbage man.  Rachel was a Ghost hunter, Phil a fireman, Anna and 80+ year old yoga instructor,  Andrew was retired greek oil tycoon, Casey was a baker, Selena was his wife and Jamie was the boat patrol girl.  It was a lot of fun.

 On Sunday, most of us headed back to downtown Murphys where there was some olive oil/vinegar tasting (So good) and some people did some wine tasting.  It was a great way to end the weekend.  

Sarah & Phil are recording their lives for 365 days.  Here are the videos of the time they were at the cabin.