I Ate My Weight in Smoked Meat

Oh my gosh! Today was the craziest! My Dad and I trekked 3.5 hours (one way) up to the bay area to buy an industrial strength tri-tip smoker!!

The day started off with 1 bowl of Cinnamon Chex with almond milk. But I have zero will power when it comes to cereal (for some unexplained reason) and had a second bowl despite my tummy yelling that it was full. Cereal……. why?!

The Pops saw an add on Craig’s List yesterday, that was literally too good to be true. A $6500 dollar smoker for $1200 almost brand new?! Well, we figured it’d be long gone since the add was posted on Tuesday of last week. But the seller e-mailed back this morning and we were in the car driving the 177 miles by noon.

We couldn’t go without enjoying a smoked tri-tip lunch….

I licked all the juice off this cardboard………….. just so I can go to bed knowing I didn’t keep any secrets today.

I think I ate my weight in tri-tip. ITS SO GOOD! Holy Moses!!

This is Dad’s “what are you doing????” face. He clearly hasn’t been on too many car trips with me because the in-car-while-driving is one of my classic photo ops.

I’m such a tourist in my own area because I definitely whipped out my Nikon to photo the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s just so cool.

We arrived in Healdsberg just in time since the seller man was leaving at 3:55 and we pulled up at 3:50.

We bought it on the spot! It’s exactly what was promised in the ad and we got the deal of a lifetime.

I told my dad I could fit in it and did so, but he was so embarrassed that he refused to take a picture. I know where the ultimate hide-and-seek hiding spot is now……………..