After finishing my post yesterday I started reading updates of the blogs I follow. When I got to 2 Taking a 5th I noticed a new widget that said "Free overnight stops for all RVs at wineries and farms." I checked it out and I'm excited. I love wine. I've only been on one wine tasting tour and it was last year when I was visiting my son in Germany. We took a USO tour to this vineyard and I tasted the best wine ever.
I haven't gone on any wine tastings because I worry about drinking and driving. If this trip was any indication, my fear is appropriate because there was a lot of wine to try and we did. Harvest Hosts will get me into an RV and on the road!! Did I say I was excited? I mean how wonderful to have an opportunity to taste wine and stay at a vineyard/farm free of charge. I bet they won't all be free though because there will be wine to buy and who knows what else.
I have a friend who owns a vineyard in Eastern Washington. We met at graduate school and I was with her when she and her husband were planting their first grapes. I emailed the Harvest Host information to her last night to see if it's something she might be interested in. Since she is also a future RVr I thought this might be something she would like to participate in.
I'm so excited that I was going to join right away. Then I got to the part where they want the type of RV I have and the license plate number on it. I guess my membership in Harvest Hosts is going to have to wait.
Just think of all the wonderful pictures I can take with my new camera. I can document my way through the participating vineyards in Washington, Oregon and California.
Did I mention that I'm excited?
I leave Sunday for Tucson and that's another thing to be excited about. The place I'm staying at, Academy Village, is having a wine tasting Thursday night. I just have to walk from the Cafe to the townhouse I'm staying at, so I think I'll go. This could be the first of many wine tastings for me!!
More sunshine please,
Jeana
I saw that too! We both love to go wine tasting, and being that my Father is in the wine business in California, what better way to find a place to stay!
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So does this mean you are now leaning toward RVing rather than the house in Tucson? Inquiring minds want to know. :)
ReplyDeleteI love wine too (and visiting wineries). Like you, when I found out about Harvest Host, I thought "perfect".
ReplyDeleteBe sure to take your camera. The first in your wine tasting series!
ReplyDeleteOh I envy you. Both because you are quite close to making the decision and going on the road in an RV, and because you can drink wine! I had to give up all alcohol because of the medication I have to take for my arthritis (My choice wine vs. pain) and because I'm prone to gout.
ReplyDeleteI love red wine. I hate pain. I don't thnk we will go to harvest hosted wineries because the temptation will be to great!
happy wine-ing!!..sounds like a great time!
ReplyDeleteJeana, your post sounds like you found your happy place ... in a series of wineries. Good job!
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