{"id":37943,"date":"2013-06-29T18:04:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T00:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/29\/koa-2013.html"},"modified":"2013-06-30T17:10:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T23:10:00","slug":"koa-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/29\/koa-2013.html","title":{"rendered":"KOA 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Our &quot;Kleerup Organized Activity&quot; up at Lake San Antonio, above Paso Robles, was a great hit (again). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The theme this year was Halloween, so we had a murder mystery on Saturday, as well as costume party. \u00a0Sunday&#39;s dinner was noteworthy for an &quot;Iron Chef KOA&quot; competition, where teams making up almost everyone at camp competed in making an hors d&#39;oevre with different secret key ingredients. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Winery-wise, it was a mixed bag &#8212; some we want to revisit, and one (Roxo, a port cellar) that we ended up joining as club members.<\/p>\n<p>Weather-wise it was fabulous. \u00a0The first afternoon, Friday, was the warmest, but it never got beastly hot as it has in past years &#8212; more like mid-80s to low 90s, which is quite clement vs the 100s+ we&#39;ve seen some years in the past.<\/p>\n<p>About sixty people this year, including my brother (who it was great to have along). \u00a0Looking forward to next year.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class='gpb-album-title' style='clear:both;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/5895058398769677681?authkey=CIeL85GM7v7cQw'>In album KOA 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<div class='gpb-photo-primary'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-l-7fCxy7sW8\/Uc90YtmbT8I\/AAAAAAAAdG0\/RzaW5gZbqrI\/IMG_20130621_171015_685.jpg?imgmax=1600' border='0' style='max-width:100%;' \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class='gpb-photo-thumbnail'>\n<div style='height:60px;width:60px;overflow:hidden;margin:5px 5px 0px 0px;display:inline-block;'><a 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