Kit and Carol on the Road

March 16 & 17: We detoured off I5 into the Napa Valley. Spent one night (and an afternoon hike) at the Skyline Park in Napa and one night at the Calistoga fairgrounds, which included a short afternoon bike ride. Of course any bike ride in the Valley has to include a winery. Twomey is a nice little winery just off the bike trail. They now do free tastings but --don't faint--I bought a $50 bottle of wine! Times have changed (not for the better) for these small wineries with expensive wine. On our way back to camp we had to stop at the Wine Garage (no wine over $25) and added 4 more bottles to our two wheeled wine mobiles.

March 19
Back in Oregon the weather was really fine for a bike ride in Douglas County so we spent 2 nights at our favorite RV park in Roseburg. It's a nice 8 mile ride (on smooth county roads) out to Henry Estate with a stop for lunch and wine tasting. Came back with 3 bottles. Later in the day we went to a new (to us) little winery less than half a mile from camp. This was such an un-Napa experience. We got to visit with the winemaker even though he had a party going on (help yourself to some food) and lots of people about. This is a small family winery where everything is done by hand. (by the family) Such a fun experience. We liked the story of the "Bulls Blood" but I liked the Dolcetta better so that's what we bought.

PS; We are now in Eugene for the night--at a new county RV campground--with wireless which actually works for us. Home on Friday.