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October 2000 Pictures

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Tina completes her first marathon run!  Oct 29
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Tina looking strong at the start
Yea!!  She did it 26.2 miles in 4 hrs 48 mins 11 secs.  That's a lot of running!

See more pictures of her marathon run.

         
Joe's brother Dave visits for a weekend, Oct 13-15
We made sure Dave's visit here in CA was a memorable one.  He left here with a cut lip, bruised jaw and a pulled back after playing rollerhockey with the group, so I guess it was a successful trip.  :) rollerhockey_with_dave.jpg (76559 bytes)
Dave, Dave (Joe's brother), Im-bo, Leon, 
Bobby, Tom, Lydia Joe and Mark
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Joe, Tina and Dave at Stanford University
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Strange Greek God statues
      
Trip to Las Vegas, Oct 6-9
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Gary and Betty's hide away cave
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Joe and Tina
Went to see the King and Queen of the Beach tournament in Vegas.  Also got to spend time with the newlyweds Gary and Betty (Tina's sister).

They took us hiking at Charleston Peak.

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Betty and Gary with Tanner and Jessie
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Brian Lewis playing against the kids
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2000 Olympic Gold medalist Eric Fonoimoana 
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King of the Beach at Hard Rock Cafe
King/Queen of the Beach AVP volleyball tournament
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Tina and Joe eating Alaskan King crab
legs at the famous Bellagio Buffet
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Buffet aftermath

We decided to try the Manhattan Express rollercoaster, which wraps around the "city" of New York on the Vegas strip.
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Weee !
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A night out at Las Vegas Blvd
Todd, Kim, Joe, Michael, Michelle and Tina
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A final dinner with Joe, Todd, Michelle,
Curtis, Michael, Jackie, Tina and Stanford
         
Hiking at Mount Tamalpais state park (Stinson Beach), Oct 1st
What to do when we eat too much?  Gotta work it out with some hiking.  That's what we did at Mount Tamalpais, a park close to San Francisco.

See more about this hike 

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Lydia, Tom, John, May and Tina
enjoying the greens