We had a marvelous solar daytime amongst our friends Tom as well as Deb yesterday. You mightiness recall that nosotros spent a calendar week inward Whistler, B.C., amongst them a few summers ago. All 4 of us went to the same high school, although nosotros graduated dissimilar years. (Deb as well as I were inward the same class.) As Deb puts it, nosotros didn't realize how much nosotros missed 1 around other until nosotros reunited on Facebook a few years back.
I'll tell you lot that I guide maintain mixed feelings almost Facebook, but the 1 affair I dear almost it is reconnecting amongst goodness friends lost to fourth dimension as well as distance.
We started out at the Chapin Family Vineyards inward Temecula, California. And whoa! Look at that! Blooming things!
It was a pretty setting. Down these stairs...
to their dainty tasting room. They had tasting both inside, standing at their bar, or at that spot was also seating outside. We tried iii dissimilar places for exterior seating. At each place, nosotros were simply a lilliputian besides chilly amongst the breeze, as well as thence nosotros ended upward within earlier finishing upward there.
Take a await at those geraniums. Spring is coming, my friends. Get ready!
We've done a lot of vino tasting inward Oregon, as well as nosotros by as well as large stick amongst wineries where nosotros are members. Back home, nosotros waltz inward as well as sense of savor whatsoever as well as all the wines nosotros desire to complimentary of charge. Here, nosotros variety of had to larn the lay of the land. It's improved from our experience inward Northern California vino terra firma around years ago. Back then, it was a apartment $20 to taste. It was rather appalling to us since nosotros were used to tasting for complimentary dorsum home, membership or no. (Free tasting is a affair of the past times inward Oregon forthwith too, as well as you lot tin hardly blame them.) In whatsoever case, forthwith it seems 1 lays out a apartment fee for a designated divulge of tastings. Here, at Chapin Family Winery, nosotros were given around chips to merchandise inward for the wines nosotros wanted to taste. The service at that spot was excellent, as well as nosotros enjoyed the wines.
Also, nosotros had around cheese as well as crackers, which was nice. I don't know almost you, but I can't drinkable much vino on an empty stomach. The cheese as well as crackers were a dainty addition.
From there, nosotros decided to caput into "old town" Temecula.
Now, you lot must starting fourth dimension empathize that Mike as well as I guide maintain non seen Temecula since high school, as well as the identify has grown into quite a thriving tourist destination now. Back then, the population was barely over 100 people. It was something of a joke, fifty-fifty though our town of Vista wasn't just overcrowded dorsum then. Here's an icon from 1909:
The affair I recall most is that Clorox had a boob tube commercial almost knocking on the doors of all the residents of Temecula as well as trading them a bottle of Clorox for their one-time brand. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 calendar month later, they went dorsum as well as surveyed the residents almost how much they liked their Clorox. Of course, they were all astounded at how much cleaner their laundry was.
Fast frontward to yesterday, as well as the urban meat looks similar this. We were inward the "old town" area, but it's expanded to include much to a greater extent than of the countryside. It was clogged amongst traffic as well as lots of folks walking on the boardwalk sidewalks. It was difficult to discovery a identify to park, but Tom was able to expertly stand upward for us into a parallel infinite inward the middle of town.
Old town is located along "Historic USA 395," which is the road we'll guide maintain when nosotros caput for home.
Across the street was this structure.
We ducked off on a side street as well as constitute this dainty identify to sit down as well as sense of savor to a greater extent than vino spell listening to around goodness music.
This was the flooring of their entryway.
The tasting room for Lorimar Vineyards & Winery is also an fine art gallery. We sat toward the dorsum of the room. Looking toward the front end door it looked similar this:
From where nosotros sat, it looked similar this:
Who sees a quilt pattern here?
Look how pretty the label is for their wine.
We tasted around actually keen wines here, as well as simply enjoyed visiting amongst 1 around other as well as catching up.
After drinking thence much wine, nosotros actually needed around food, as well as thence nosotros headed off for a seize amongst teeth to consume earlier maxim good-bye to 1 around other for the evening.
The Sun was setting every bit nosotros headed dorsum to the RV, as well as thence you lot mightiness state nosotros set the solar daytime inward the bring upward thought mirror.
What a fun agency to pass a beautiful Sunday.
We're off to a tedious commence this morning. It's actually the starting fourth dimension solar daytime we've had zippo planned...and I hateful nothing. We'll in all probability piece of job out for a walk, as well as I demand to build a trip to the post office, but there's no rush on either. Before I go, I wanted to tell you lot almost a Google Alert I received today for a goodness cause.
From the accompanying article:
Dr. Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper is planning an on-line quilt auction for the Fall of 2018. We are yell for you lot to donate a beautiful quilt for the auction that conveys the subject of “Artful Healing.” All proceeds from our on-line auction volition produce goodness the Pink Roses Teal Magnolias Fund, which raises funds for thorax as well as gynecological cancer clinical as well as query programs at Dr. Anderson Cooper.If you're similar me, you lot guide maintain lots of quilts made upward that could actually role a home. Here's an thought for you. I'm thinking of donating my quilt, Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Day inward the Life of Mr. Bear.
It mightiness endure difficult to permit it go, but I'm thinking almost it. Anyway...here's the information if you're interested. Just click on that link for all the details.