NorCal CF/Winery Tour Day #2

Day 2 of our trip started off with a great breakfast recommendation by Robb and Nicki over at NorCal CrossFit. Sin of Cortez is a great little place, with "Breakfast, Lunch, Caffeine" as their tag line. Sounds good to me. The owner is a CrossFitter and trains with Robb and Nicki. Unfortunately we didn't get to meet her, but we certainly did enjoy the grub at Sin of Cortez.

Our next stop was Bidwell Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the country. We hardly even scratched the surface on exploring this massive park. We checked out the swimming area, which is a very unique freshwater swimming pool. Then we walked over to see the children's play area which had some of the most unique play structures we have seen. This is a very well designed park. If we had more time to spend here in Chico we would definitely be exploring a lot more of Bidwell Park.

We hit a quick zone lunch of deli turkey, string cheese, blueberries, frozen baby carrots (damn hotel fridge) and macadamia nuts and then even snuck in a quick little power nap. The nap was key as it helped recharge our batteries so we could give a good effort at the NorCal CrossFit 5:15 class. Robb and Nicki dropped the hammer on us with a nice little 21-15-9 single-arm dumbbell thruster and snatch WOD with 200m sprints thrown in between sets. That'll get your blood pumping. Once we recovered enough to formulate cohesive thoughts we sat around and chatted with some of the gym regulars. Great group of people, too bad we didn't hook up with them later in the evening for the Dark Knight.

After the workout, Amy and I cleaned up and met Robb and Nick at Cocodine a local Thai restaurant. Amy and I have been searching high and low all over San Diego county to find good Thai food. Ever since we left Guam we have really struggled to find Thai food that we liked. Never would have guessed that some of the best Thai we have had in California would be in Chico. Dinner was great, but really the best part was gleaning as much info as we could from Robb and Nicki. They were both very accommodating and answered all of our questions openly and earnestly. I know we kept them up way past their bedtime, sorry about that. We learned tons, had good laughs and really enjoyed the food. It is not hard to see why they are enjoying such great success. Simply put, they are class acts.

So far this trip is everything I envisioned when I was planning it. Hope the tide continues to roll in our favor. Next stop: wine country!