# Bob & Seanette's Adventure, on the Thirtieth Anniversary of our Marriage… **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020 "2025-04-14T03:06:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bob\_Blaylock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_blaylock/32/3235_2.png) [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/1 "2025-04-14T03:06:53Z")
As of today, @Seanette and I have been married for **THIRTY** years. Not really because of that, we went today, on an epic adventure. I became aware, a few weeks ago, of a mountain peak appearing prominently on the horizon, from Sacramento, off in the distance, roughly to the southwest. I got it in mind, then, to want to identify that mountain, and to go to it. So, today, @Seanette and I set out to do just that. It turns out to be Mount Diablo, approximately in the Bay Area. I planned a route that would hopefully give us a line of sight to it as much of the way as possible. Around Rio Vista, we encountered a large field that was infested with monstrous giants, of ill repute, standing between us and our goal, flailing their arms menacingly at us. [![](https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/attachments/zsc_3374-3375_stitch-jpg.240983/) ](https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/attachments/zsc_3374-3375_stitch-jpg.240983/) [![](https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/attachments/zsc_3376-topaz-rawdenoise-sharpen-jpg.240984/) ](https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/attachments/zsc_3376-topaz-rawdenoise-sharpen-jpg.240984/) But we knew that these foul monsters would not dare molest us, for we were in a Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk, a vehicle truly fit for a modern knight errant. If Don Quixote himself lived in our time, surely he would drive such a vehicle. Finally, we reached our goal, the summit of Mount Diablo. [![](https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/attachments/zsc_3459-topaz-rawdenoise-jpg.240985/) ](https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/attachments/zsc_3459-topaz-rawdenoise-jpg.240985/) We were there greeted by a foul dragon, but that beast did not seem concerned with us, and went on about its business, perhaps to burn and pillage some nearby community. [![](https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/attachments/zsc_3385g-topaz-text-upscale-2048w-jpg.240986/) ](https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/attachments/zsc_3385g-topaz-text-upscale-2048w-jpg.240986/) After spending time on the mountain, we returned by a different route, and saw more foul giants, in the mountains above Livermore, but again, they did not dare try to do any more to us that flail their arms at us, trying to scare us. [![](https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/attachments/zsc_3531-topaz-rawdenoise-sharpen-jpg.240987/) ](https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.jeepcherokeeclub.com/attachments/zsc_3531-topaz-rawdenoise-sharpen-jpg.240987/) We made a stop at the Ghirardelli facility in Tracy, where we purchased some fine chocolate; after which we returned home. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/2 "2025-04-14T03:12:42Z")
Hearty anniversary congratulations to you both! May you have many more. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/3 "2025-04-14T04:24:32Z")
Congratulations. Your story reminded me, I’ve been on Mount Diablo. I was sent to Pleasanton for corporate training a million years ago, and I asked around for a nice local park to visit where I could get some fresh air in the evening. They sent me there. Of course, this was in early September, and the mountain was swarming with tarantulas… ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/4 "2025-04-14T05:33:50Z")
Congratulations. Great story ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/5 "2025-04-14T07:23:37Z")
Happy anniversary - glad you enjoyed your trip! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/6 "2025-04-14T10:37:55Z")
Happy anniversary. A great story well told. And about the right ambition for a 30th; left you time for a nap once you got home. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/7 "2025-04-14T10:38:23Z")
And happy Doperversary to you @hajario. On a Monday no less. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/8 "2025-04-14T11:03:19Z")
happy anniversary ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/9 "2025-04-14T14:03:44Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > And happy Doperversary to you @hajario. On a Monday no less. Thanks buddy. I would never have noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/10 "2025-04-14T22:59:30Z")
Happy Anniversary! ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/11 "2025-04-14T23:27:36Z")
Congrats! My wife and I are about to hit the 31 mark, except we are planning to go to a waterfall neither of us has been to. Mt Diablo sounds nice! ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Blaylock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_blaylock/32/3235_2.png) [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/12 "2025-04-14T23:59:06Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Thanks buddy. I would never have noticed.   What does Buddy have to do with it? [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53075664630_4589fc035a_o.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53075664630_4589fc035a_o.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020/13 "2025-04-15T00:01:12Z")
Happy anniversary, you two crazy kids!