Relais du Soleil
Travel Blogs from Glen Ellen
October 24th to 26th
... N up in good time. n took delivery of tiles and MC cooked. Very sunny and warmer but cold wind. Read. Pizza for lunch cooked in barbq. All slept and read and then jobs. October 26th Friday Drove over to Napa Valley and cemetery where Betty Ann's and N's family are buried. Tidied grave and planted plants. Very warm. Drove to Betty's houses. The so called Tuscan cottage which I ...
Zinfandel, Space Shuttles and Russell Brand
... If only it was easy to ship a few cases home.
Thursday we set off for the day to drive along the SIlverado Trail and had a few wineries on our list to check out - Paraduxx; Duckhorn Vineyards; Rombauer Winery; and Rutherford HIll. All were fantastic, but Paraduxx was a stand out. Johnny our tasting guide (is that what you call them?) sat with us and went through all the wines, how the Napa Valley was formed, the different varieties etc ...
Fitting and Falling
... Just as the various bruises on my legs (incurred by my lack of coordination getting on, off, and going on the new bike) from the previous tour were beginning to fade, these incidents provided a whole new set of oddly shaped contusions in strange locations.
At this point, Hootie and Francis split, probably worried about what would happen next if they stuck around. We detoured to Paradise Point Park in Tiburon for a Headlands Institute ...
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe...
... into 100% safe drinkable water. How to make an improvised filter using an empty bottle, bandanna, sand, rocks, and charcoal. A lot of the survival methods seem very basic and sometimes obvious, but really only after you hear them. All of the techniques follow a few basic principles, that when learned, will help you accomplish your own improvised survival methods.
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CALIFORNICATION OR HOW i OBTAINED THEIR PERSPECTIV
... his face (thanks to Invisiline & two years of diligent attention to his dental health)!But, I can tell you this folks, & Mom’s & Dad’s everywhere know this, the site of seeing your child for the first or the zillionth time never changes the quick rush of delight felt when seeing a beloved one for the first time in months.
One bag collected & here is this pretty, petite Asian woman inquiring on the sidewalk if ...