On Saturday, we got up late and tried out public transit on our way to the 34th annual Folk Life Festival. There were tons of music stages, lots of food, and some really good people watching! Holy cow was it ever an interesting mix of folks. High crunch factor, but that's not too surprising for the area. :) I did a bit of shopping and got a nice peasant style skirt along with cotton bodice style top. I also picked up a new watch (first new watch in 6 years!). Here's a picture of it. (It compliments my wedding/engagement rings very well!)
Sunday we ran a few errands and finally made a trip to the grocery store. That evening we hung out with a couple of my co-workers, Julie and Jessica (Julie is living in my temp housing complex right now and Jessica is from Chicago).
Finally, on Monday we had our first road trip! B and I piled into the car and headed east in search of wine country! Would you believe that on the other side of the Cascade Mountains, WA is a totally different climate?! It looked like the arid southwest complete with scrub bushes and dusty mountainsides. It was such an odd change!
Anywho, we drove out to the Yakima Valley and 3 hours later were tasting wines at various vineyards. We drove out towards the east end of the valley to the city of Prosser. We visited Hogue Cellars, Thurston Wolfe, Kestrel Vintners among others. We really liked Kestrel and wound up joining their wine club and walked out with 4 bottles of wine! We also found a touch of home at a local brewery. The woman working there grew up in Rockford and her grandmother grew up in Huntley! Can you believe that?!
We're thinking of headed back out there in a few weeks for the Scottish Highland Festival. :)
3 comments:
Wait, wait, wait. You need to stop that "hanging out with people in Seattle" thing. If you make friends out THERE, we'll never get you to move back HERE. Sheesh!! :-)
I can't believe that watch and how much it matches your rings! Great find!
yah just what Rob said! I knew you would have way too much fun!!
Cathy
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