Wine Tasting

Ever since Memorial Day weekend we have been planning a Labor Day weekend wine tasting day. It fortunately worked out for this event to happen. We got several of our friends, two vans and two designated drivers and headed towards McMinville. We are so fortunate to live in the heart of Oregon Wine Country. There is a small town nearby called Carlton that has several tasting rooms and specialty shops. We headed that direction and made a few stops along the way.

We had a great time in each tasting room. Some of the locations were not quite prepared for our rowdy group, but we did not let that stop us. I think our designated drivers were embarrassed to be seen with us at times. I am sure that if they went home and told their parents what we were doing they would never be allowed to drive for us again.

This is mid-day of our tasting adventure. Obviously Lamar is having a good time with Chad in the background egging him on!

We happened to go past the fire station just as some firefighters were returning from a call. They were nice enough to pose for pictures and put up with our harmless flirting.

Speaking of harmless flirting, Mary Ann (Lamar's Mom) had the quote of the day when she mentioned to one of our friends that if she "was 50 years younger she would let him park his shoes under her bed anytime!" The whole group broke out in laughter.

We had a great day drinking wine, eating cheese and laughing with our friends. We came home with more wine than we have places to store it. Lamar has his mind up about making a wine cellar in a room off of our garage. It looks like I have a project ahead of me. We had a great time and are already planning next years wine adventure.