Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who only dream at night. - Edgar Allan Poe

Category: Harvest Hosts

Paso Robles – a siren’s call luring us away from the sea

Once we were back on the coast, it was really hard to think about leaving it again. Being there on the water, with the waves crashing in, the breeze wafting in to cool things down, and the sea life to enjoy, made me question our plans. They weren’t very solid at this point anyway. We’d […]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert …

We drove south to Bakersfield where we stayed at the local Costco for the night. On the pro side for staying at Costco, it closes early, and then we were the only ones in a private lot. It was very quiet and felt very safe. On the con side, we had to wait until the […]

Lodi, CA, a surprisingly fun and happening little wine town

Lodi, (pronounced Low-dye), situated just south of Sacramento, is known as the “Zinfandel Capital of the World”, the Creedence Clearwater Revival song “Lodi” and the location of the Sons of Anarchy series. Since Zinfandel (the red Zinfandel, not that soda-pop pink stuff!) is one of my two favorite wines, we had to stop and do […]

Over the hills and through the vineyards

It was so hard to pull ourselves away from the coast, but we had the vineyards of Paso Robles beckoning to us. The plan was to spend 2 days cruising the tasting rooms, and there are three vineyards in the area that allow free overnight parking to Harvest Hosts members. A general rule of the […]

He didn’t leave me after all!

I haven’t always treated him right … I’ve dragged him, dropped him,  frozen him,  tried to drown him … smashed him, bashed him, ranted at him … and made him follow me wherever I go, demanding he do my bidding, whether by boat, plane, bike, car, or on foot. I even let my daughter mistreat […]

Left all by ourselves in the vineyard

I had some work frustrations the night before, and had to finish up in the morning. Thankfully, what I had been pulling my hair out over when I was tired and frustrated, was a simple fix, when I looked at it with fresh eyes. Harold ran down to the casino to get us some coffee, […]

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