Remember when I said we have to be flexible? Today was another perfect example. Wine Jason (the guy who we take a lot of our wine classes from) gave us a list of recommendations for both wineries and restaurants. We were planning to try one of the restaurants for breakfast only to discover they are permanently closed. A casualty of the pandemic. One of the wineries we planned to go to emailed me earlier in the week to cancel our reservation due to excessive heat. The forecast was for 104 today and all of their tastings are done outside. Hard to blame them!
So here’s a recap of our need for flexibility:
- The restaurant is suddenly closed because of staffing issues.
- The restaurant is closed because someone has Covid and they have to quarantine.
- The excessive heat closed restaurants/wineries/full service gas pumps.
The Governor is instituting a state-wide indoor mask mandate starting tomorrow.
One place that wasn’t closed was Nikki Jane’s boutique in Dundee. A sweater in the window caught my eye. I know… who thinks about a sweater when it’s 103 degrees! Luckily the store had awesome a/c and was full of adorable clothes. The sweater wasn’t the only thing I bought. Now I just have to figure out how to fit three sweaters, a top and jeans in my already full carry-on!
We were able to enjoy two wineries today – both with indoor tasting rooms. Sadly it was just too hot to take many photos. We did not linger outside!
At Le Cadeau’s tasting room we got our dog fix by saying hi to a Sheepadoodle. Oregon is very dog-friendly. Not only do many places allow dogs on the patio they also allow dogs inside! He looked a lot like Rosie. 🐾
While we were petting him a guy across the room had too much heat. He fell out of his chair and onto the floor. Not sure if he passed out or what happened. He and his wife had just arrived and had not been to another winery so we know it wasn’t that. They were staying upstairs so she helped him up and they left. We never got to find out if he was ok.
So far we haven’t joined any more wine clubs 🤣
Figuring restaurants would be either a long wait (since so many aren’t open) or too hot, we went to the grocery store and shopped for dinner. Just as I’m about to wrap this up I noticed a beautiful sunset out the window. Good night everyone!
Halfway Round the Planet, Part 2 