Che bello!
The drive east was a little longer than we expected. It was a beautiful drive, so we hardly noticed. There were hundreds of wind turbines working on the mountains, which was an impressive sight. We stopped at a few wineries before checking into our hotel in Walla Walla.
The next day we had a few appointments at wineries in the Yakima area that are a little more off the beaten path. The first one was in a huge chateau and we were the only tasters there. The estate was beautiful and the wine was some of the best we tasted out West. It was really a romantic setting. The second was drastically different. This was a winery that you probably have never heard of. We found out about it through some of our other wine-obsessed friends. You drive out to the middle of nowhere and pull into this driveway with no sign. The winery is run by the sweetest family and they are truly passionate about what they do. They casually mention that they’ve won all of these awards as we’re tasting their wine in the garage/winery. We felt so lucky to have found this place!
We stopped in Yakima for a quick lunch and headed for the mountains (AKA Mt. Rainier). Again, the drive was beautiful. However, it was raining pretty hard as we ascended the mountain, so this is all we saw...
The next morning we headed up Mt. Saint Helens to check out the crater. Again, Mother Nature didn’t cooperate and this is all we saw....
We did get to see some beautiful sights on the drive up, like...
And....
We will post the last leg of our trip shortly. Until then, arrivederci!
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