Inside our room

In front of the hotel

Walked down to the Railyard for lunch and a beer at Niccols Brewery-somewhere new.

Light and dark beers of course.

Meandered our way to downtown and Gruet for a sparkling flight followed by another snack

Loved this 3D like art.

At Gruet - bought a bottle called Do epic shit to share with the girls.

Awww - downtown vibes.

Ended our evening at SantaFe brewery which was a 5 minute walk from our hotel.

Bunny- saw a few.

Woke up the next morning and had a nice breakfast at our hotel, a walk around the square again and then loaded up for our trip to Pagosa Springs.

Soco Motel

Cute planter boxes

We have two full days here so we had breakfast at a cute family run restaurant called Patria - I had a very yummy beet latte.

This was followed by a hike here. Close to town but hilly!

This town is known for its hot springs so we booked a couples massage followed by an hour in a private tub. They have a few “bath houses” - we enjoyed this one because it was a little quieter, they cleaned the tubs every night, and it was in the middle of downtown. It was called Overlook.

Our private tub.

Downtown

We had lunch at Riff Raff on the Rio. Aperol spritz for me.

Nice River view

Peaceful and great temperature!

We were given free passes to come back the next day to soak in the hot tubs. Of course, being the early bird that we are we practically had the place to ourselves.

A little shopping - found two pairs of pants and called the town done - ready to get away from their construction mess.

Our girl loves her pillows.

Friday was meant to settle in, do laundry and visit CBs for pizza and beer. Up and at em Saturday morning to pick up Traci and Sharon at the Reno airport at 9 am.

Everyone was hungry so we stopped for an awesome brunch in Reno that we found on the fly - Stonehouse Cafe. Great patio with beautiful flowers and our first mimosa together.

Stopped for some staples at a place called WinCo - a discount supermarket. In awe of the amount of bins you could pick stuff from.

Sharon got some awesome pictures on the way to the townhouse. After settling in, we went to the water and to CBs followed by a night in.

Kept smelling pot today:-).

Of course the next morning we did a hike around the woods followed by a ride on the Tart system to Tahoe City for the day.

Big ass pine cone

Waiting on the free bus - sunshine and 70sh…

Started with lunch at National Brewery - beers and Aperols :-).

They do have a nice view - lucky to get a spot in the shade.

Cheers!

Me and Traci did some shopping and Sharon and Diane wandered around to see the sites in Tahoe city. They have live music on the beach on Sunday afternoon so we stopped in for a bit before going to dinner at Jake’s on the lake.

Hats required due to the hot sun

My - what a great looking group.

She does enjoy her music and dancing.

One final bottle of wine shared before heading back home to our Missy.

Monday was Truckee day - laid back. Shopping for me and Traci, beers for Sharon and Diane.

Ended up down at the lake for munchies and wind down time followed by a stupid movie 🤣

Tuesday was meant for South Lake and Stateside - none of us had been there. Compared to North Lake Tahoe it is very crowded and touristy. But of course we had a good time. Stopped for a view of Emerald Bay on the way and had lunch at a beach side Café.wandered around the shops and did \240a brewery tour - think Diane and Sharon hit up 4. Tee was the driver so no beer 🍺

Emerald Bay

Beachside Cafe

I couldn’t jump high enough to sit in it 🤣

Cute!

Shopping girls.

Love some sunflowers!

At Stateside Brewery and Whisky - 500 kinds they say.

Count them!

The little beer is for the driver :-).

Sharon’s motto.

And just like that it was the last day for Traci and Sharon. We had breakfast at the old post office Café, relaxed, and then went on a catamaran tour, followed by dinner at Garwood’s. Me and Diane split an excellent halibut!

Weather turned out to be warmer than expected!

Our musician and historian.

Captain Bob

That girl could climb! \240Ashley - it is all her fault!

Our final night at Garwoods.

Pier at night - pretty site.

Dropped the girls off Thursday morning and then we went to the Truckee Winery. We were the only people there, but enjoyed our tasting. Of course, they source all their grapes from somewhere else.

After leaving there, we stopped at rally’s to buy dinner and had to stop at the Truckee brewery and had pizza. Best pizza we have had so far and our dinner will have to wait till the next night.

On our next to last day, we took the tart down to Kings Beach since we have not been there before. We just wandered around putting in some steps - visited a few \240 shops and stopped and had a little snack and a beer before grabbing the tart and heading back.

On our final day, we relaxed around the townhouse, finished up our laundry and packed and of course we had to go to CB’s for one last time so we could see the lake.

Time just flew by and before we knew it we’re getting ready to head to Paso Robles.

Cara was our server - we had the entire place to ourselves.

Nice picture spot

Took Missy back to the room and had some BBQ and chocolate cake for dinner.

We decided to hire a driver for a day through a company called Toast - our driver was Madison. We had a sprinter van to ourselves and they let us bring Missy. They even had a bed in the back for her :-).

She was really comfortable there

Madison picked us up at 10:30 and took us to our first stop at a small winery called Dresser. We were the only people there and the owner was our wine pourer. A small winery producing about 1500 cases. Kory and his wife and daughter who is eight are the only ones that really worked there.Kaia, his daughter designs one of the labels each year.

Usually, we see winery dogs, but this one had a winery cat

Nice touch :-)

We picked up three. Bottles here - the Pinot Gris, Kaia Lee and the Petite Cab.

The patio

Enjoying the place to our self.

Spent about an hour here and then drove \240to the other side of the highway to a place called Parrish. Beautiful views and a patio where we enjoyed lunch with our tasting.

Four Chords was our favorite.

Grapes!

Had the BLTA sandwich and a pasta salad. Good but messy.

We finished at McPrice Myers \240- they had really bold wines and a nice patio as well - we purchased 2 bottles of Earhbound and one blend.

And not quite ready to call it done, we took an Uber to the downtown square. Stopped in for an unimpressive tasting at Justin. Their wines were ok but the place was very sterile and 20 for a chocolate pairing was a joke. But they did have this nice glass spot \240

We ended our night at Aramath - like the town tasting room. Met some locals, chatted a lot and had a great time.

Paso Robles has a way different feel than Northern California. Much hotter and very dry and yellow. They have a lot of live oak trees and non fruit producing plum trees that are a beautiful purple color.

Was very surprised that most wines were not cabs as that is what we mostly get in San Antonio. Most were a blend and very few whites.

The downtown is quaint with shops and tasting rooms of course. They have painted wine barrels scattered around.

Since we were so close to the Pacific Ocean, we took a drive over to Morro Bay. We walked around there on our last morning. It was beautiful weather and the water was a beautiful color.

And that was it for Paso as they call it. Time to start the trek home stopping in Palm Springs with a temperature of 114 - ouch!