09-26-21 Sunday Mt. Rushmore Trip Day 26 Viña Castellano Estate Winery, Auburn CA

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09-25-21
Viña Castellano Estate Winery
Auburn, CA
Harvest Host
Jeeps in Campground: 1 (ours)
Drive Time: --
Miles:---

 


We slept like logs last night. Had breakfast and took a great walk around the winery. The birds were active and we saw bluebirds. They were so quick I couldn't' get any pictures. We walked back toward the house to the pond area. What a great area. There are adirondack chairs and metal table and chairs all around the pond. There is also a dock and paddle boat at one end. The other end has a dock built out over the water with a bench and table. Such a great setting. I can see why it's a great wedding venue. Steve told us he would be setting up and serving sprizters, sangrias, and selling bottles and glasses of wine by the pond today. We're looking forward to that.  




You can see the cave entrance between the 2 umbrellas. 



Winery Entrance
















We needed to find Tina and confirm which HH pad she wanted us in and confirm we can plug in for power. We talked about the wedding and she told us the other 2 HH guests texted her about the wedding around 11:30. They were concerned about the noise of the wedding. We didn't hear a thing. Maybe because we were further from the action. We walked back to the coach and moved it to the pad, leveled, ate something then walked back to the pond. Steve was set up and we bought a glass of wine, sat in the adirondacks and enjoyed the view. Steve brought his new puppy with him today so we got to play with her, Jema is her name. She's a 3 month old australian shepard and so fluffy. 

We decided to have sangria next and Steve added grenadine which made the drink slightly sweet. We both loved ours and sat down to enjoy the deliciousness. We decided to wander over to the cave and see if they had any trinkets we "needed." Nothing to purchase so we sat at a table on the hillside by the cave to finish our drinks. It was close to closing time so we finished our drinks and walked back to the coach. 

We decided to get the frisbee out and spent about 45 minutes throwing while the sun went down. It was so much fun. My arm will probably be a little sore tomorrow. The weather is cooling down so we went inside and got away from the bugs. What a great day. We did absolutely nothing and had a very relaxing day. Nice way to end our trip. 

Nite all!



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