Vineman

We are back in the land of Grapes. I feel like it has been so long since we have been wine tasting. Northern California is wonderful. This weekend we worked at the Vineman Triathlon. It was exciting and very hot. Rory and I let the announcers borrow our pink and green fluo Rudy Project sunglasses. They loved it!!

After the event we decided to go to the coast. But first we drove to the town of Guerneville. It was very interesting. There were gay pride flags everywhere and we could smell people smoking marijuana at every street corner. We ordered pizza, got in the car and drove to Bodega Bay. It was a beautiful drive through northern California's forests then open fields and finally to the coast with magnificent views and cliffs. The temperature dropped 10 degrees when we hit the coast. It was a refreshing 75 degrees.

I found my dream house.

This is the view.

Last night we decided to stay in Healdsburg, CA. We walked around town and stopped by a couple tasting rooms. The first was La Crema, this winery sponsored the Vineman triathlon. Not surprisingly the tasting room was filled with triathletes. One group was making fun of the other group and we were standing right in the middle of it. It was really sad to see grown drunk men and women making fun of each other. So we left and found a boutique winery and tasted a few different wines. Thumbprint cellar was very nice to us. They had some great wines. We purchased the Arousal which turned out to be a great pairing for dinner. They also gave us a great recommendation for dinner. The Dry Creek Kitchen had amazing food, I really enjoyed my salmon. The service was not as good.