We decided that since the weather was turning a bit cooler, we’d head home today. But before we did, we went wine tasting with Marilyn and Gene.
Leaving Toppenish, we saw many murals such as this one. Toppenish is known for its murals. We’ll have to come back and explore them sometime.
Our first stop was at the Hyatt winery, where Judy discovered a Black Muscat wine that she liked. We had fun posing for this picture on the driveway to the winery. Clever way to display the name!
Our next stop was Two Mountain Winery, one of Marilyn’s favorites. While she was deciding just what to buy, we were surprised to see some familiar faces drive up. Taran and Michelle! They were the young women we had met back at The Cove Palisades State Park in Oregon. Marilyn and Gene had told them about the wineries around Zillah, but we didn’t expect we’d meet up there. We were the only two sets of visitors that morning..what are the chances? Since they were at the end of their camping trip, Taran and Michelle gave us some firewood and groceries they didn’t want to take back to Minnesota.
Our last stop was at Silver Lake. Again, we found a wine we liked, but the gentleman who was pouring told us we could find a better price at some grocery stores. How’s that for service?
We made our goodbyes to Marilyn and Gene. They are continuing north to Winthrop and Lynden, and we were heading over Snoqualmie Pass and home. We stopped for a quick break at the top of the pass, and just happened to park behind another Sprinter Pleasureway. These people were from Canada, and heading over to Yakima on their way to the Southwest, so of course we had to share information about camping at the Yakama Nation Rv Park and the wineries to visit in Zillah. They were grateful!
It’s been an unusual fall in all of the Pacific NW. We had great weather everywhere we went on this trip, and we returned to great weather in Lake Stevens…..although it is getting colder every night. Fall is definitely in the air. This may be Howie’s last outing for the year 2012.
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