Today was our last day in Ashland. Tomorrow we head back to Seattle. But first, a bit of snow. Sister Deb and her family, along with niece Sarah and Cy, had gone skiing, and we were invited to meet them for lunch. Mt. Ashland is a half hour from their home. It's a wonderful resource and made our time in Death Valley seem very far away.
Here's the gang:
And here's the place. It was fun to see the snow and the skiers, on this glorious day, and to remember how much fun we used to have skiing back when it seemed a reasonable thing to do.
On our way home from Mt. Ashland, Nancy and I stopped at the vineyard owed by Pat and Paula, sister Mary's ex-husband and his wife. Back when we were just getting started on this trip and stopped for lunch in Portland with Pat and Mary's son Ryan he had mentioned his dad had opened a tasting room. We thought we had better check it out.
The vineyard is lovely and the wine was delicious. As we chatted with Pat and Paula the realization sank in that running a vineyard is a lot of work and an endless drain on funds. It rather reminded me of owning a boat.
In the evening was a birthday party for Deb and Jerry's son Nick. Nick is working hard in pursuit of his goal of becoming a firefighter. As he blew out his birthday candles I couldn't help but think he was well of his way to that goal :-).
It was a good day. Tomorrow, back to Seattle.
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