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The Fishing Pond at the Restful Nest It was the summertime of 1999 when nosotros outset navigated these roads. According to the directions the innkeeper gave me, if I got to town on highway 140, I’ve gone likewise far but I constitute the Yaqui Gulch turnoff. When I got to the quondam highway, expect for the brick H2O good house, Buckeye Road would start correct side yesteryear side to it…don’t plough right, don’t plough left. Just form of become cockeyed direct onto it. Past the 3 mailboxes on the left, wearisome downward as well as expect for Buckeye Creek Road as well as plough left…if yous larn to Ben Hur Road, you’ve gone agency likewise far… It is a challenge the outset fourth dimension yous endeavour to respect the Restful Nest but ane time yous do, you’ve constitute bed as well as breakfast paradise.  We’ve come upward hither several times over the years to recharge, see the area’s many sights as well as attractions, and…most of all…to see amongst the own...

I merely loathe it when wineries endeavour to stick it to you lot when you lot see their facilities. There was the fourth dimension nosotros went to a tasting room inwards Solvang amongst a $16 tasting fee...not applicable to purchase....that got you lot perchance 2 ounces of wine. Same amongst a winery inwards Temecula. Chateau Montelena inwards Napa Valley is famous for beingness the winery inwards the painting demo "Bottleshock" where an incredulous Bo Barrett asks his manly somebody raise if they at in 1 lawsuit accuse for tasting. "No," Jim Barrett (in the painting demo answers).  In existent life, it volition cost you lot a sawbuck as well as you lot receive got to purchase at to the lowest degree $100 worth of vino earlier you lot larn that back. I'm to a greater extent than partial to the yet-to-be-discovered-by-the-masses vino areas where you lot volition uncovering down-to-earth winemakers, eager to intice you lot amongst their fine products a...

(Originally published inwards 2014...) It's been a hell of a twelvemonth thus far on the day-job front. My boss went on a opor-garai that he never returned from (he died inwards the Phillipines), throwing our information technology division into chaos. Then, our almost competent tech took a transfer to Denver as well as forthwith we're downwards past times 2 alongside likely a vi calendar month wait...at least...to supersede them. I delayed whatever fourth dimension off during the depths of our purpose turmoil as well as decided to arrive at got a few extra days at Memorial Day to larn my heed off of it. To tell the truth, I was burned out. I wasn't fifty-fifty looking forwards to the trip, it seemed similar to a greater extent than function as well as thus simply sitting at domicile alongside a cooler of beer as well as puttering simply about the garden. Not that I told Letty as well as Tim whatever of this, I didn't desire to position a damper on the move f...