I’m not really sure what the last thing was that I wrote about…and I don’t really feel like looking back and catching up…so I am just going to talk about today.  (Also, I basically slept through all of yesterday while Ryan was driving.  Sleeping on a picnic table bench in Vegas got to me)

So now we are in the Napa Valley staying at this park right down the street from downtown Napa.  Apparently there have been mountain lion sightings there!  Like right in the park!  The most recent was August 31st…as in 3 days ago.  We are keeping our fingers crossed…

…that we see one!!!

Today we did the winery thing.  I’m not really into wines so much, but we had a blast!  The first place was a little intense.  We did the little tour thing which was kinda cool, for the first few minutes, but then the guy kinda sucked.  Then we did the tasting part and the bartender was really great.  I had a bunch of stupid questions for her because I don’t know anything about wine…and she was all over it!  For example, she said when we choose wines we should go down the list which was whites, then reds, then sweets.  I asked her why, and instead of being presumptuous and mean about it…she just explained that its like brushing your teeth before you have orange juice…the reds are sweeter than the whites and the sweets are sweeter than the reds.  The end.

Then we went to this little family run vineyard that was suggested to us by some ladies at Starbucks.  The guys running the place were hysterical!  We had a blast there.

After that I was definitely feeling like I needed some lunch (I actually mentioned to Ryan that I needed lunch after the first glass at the first winery… to no avail) We went to a restaurant called the Rutherford Grille which was awesome also. We had a great time with the waitress and I think she had fun with us too.  There was a little situation there….involving a dessert….but I’ll let Ryan explain.  All I am going to say is don’t make a bet with him…he will lie, cheat, and steal his way into winning. 

Now after a failed attempt to take a glider ride through the Napa valley we are back at Starbucks.  Its pretty sad that our adventures are coming to an end, but that just means that we need to come up with another crazy idea!

NEXT STOP:  TBA

~Natalie