Dan's Shorts

Murphys

Yesterday Kris and I took the short drive to Murphys California. Murphys is even smaller than Angel's Camp, but there are several wineries based out of the area, with tasting rooms and galleries. We went to Ironstone Vineyards and I think we probably hit the best vineyard first. They have gorgeous grounds, a small museum/gift shop set up, and it was just overall picturesque. There were also free tastings :). I wasn't overly impressed with their red wines, but we bought two whites that Kris liked. After that we grabbed two sandwiches (we should have shared one, they were huge) and sat out on one of their decks and ate lunch. All in all very relaxing.

After that we drove back into Angel's Camp, took a short breather from the heat, and went to see Finding Nemo at the teeny little theater here in Angel's Camp. For it's size it was actually very nice. We sat about halfway up the theather, which means we were 7 rows from the front :). But they had DTS sound, comfy seats and only 2 previews before the movie, so I was happy. The movie kept us out of the hottest part of the day.

After the movie we just came back to Worldmark and cooked some steaks on the grill, and I crashed early (somewhere around 8), so here I am at 4:30 in the morning blogging :). Damn my internal clock.

Today we have plans to visit another winery or two in Murphys, and probably drive up to Big Trees State Park for some cooler weather and massive amounts of shade :). It hit 100 degrees today according to the temperature guage on the Sebring...