Greetings from Sunnyside, Washington
Hello faithful readers (probably just my mother). I’m writing to you today from McDonald’s in Sunnyside, Washington, where this is apparently the one and ONLY place with wi-fi access in this town….and you have to pay for it. Luckily it’s only $3 an hour. The weather here has been gorgeous. It’s sunny, and DRY, and everything Austin should be at this time of year. I understand that the rain in Austin continues to pour.
Sunnyside, is the self-acclaimed home of astronaut, Bonnie Dunbar, which really irks the nearby town of Outlook, where Outlook locals will tell you that Bonnie actually lived.
We’ve spent the last few days touring the wine country that’s gaining acclaim here in the Yakima Valley. Yesterday we did a wine tasting at Tefft Cellers and Eaton Hill Winery. Tefft Cellars has some great wines but what really drew me back there was a wonderful Black Ice Wine I purchased a couple of years ago when first visiting the winery. Luckily they had some in stock and I bought a bottle. They don’t always have the ice wines because they are dependent on having had a frost. This batch was partially frozen and was helped along by modern technology so the wine had a reduced price. Thankfully that did not affect the taste. Their Syrah was very nice and we left with a bottle of Huckleberry wine, since this is something we’d never see outside of the northwest.
Eaton Hill was just down the road from Tefft so we popped over there for a wine tasting. The building it’s located in was very interesting. Once the home of a tomato cannery, it apparently took some 5 years to clean it out and repair it for use. There is a double row of windows at the top of the building and all the glass had to be replaced. I’m bummed now that I didn’t take pictures of the interior. Today I’ll be touring around a few more wineries and I’ll let you know how that goes. I also have a ton of pictures to post!
Well, I miss Austin but I’m looking forward to the next stage of my trip. Yo, Seattle, here I come!
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