Fall get-a-way

Last weekend Jeff and I snuck away for a couple nights to Walla Walla for some wine tasting. What a great trip we had, despite the lousy weather. We visited several wineries, some well known and others that are pretty tiny and new. We got quite spoiled tasting a lot of REALLY good (and expensive) wines. Makes it hard to go back to the regular grocery store variety. On Sunday morning we took a nice stroll around the Whitman campus on the edge of downtown Walla Walla. What a beautiful place--now if we can just convince one of the girls to go to college there, life would be perfect!

Jeff at L'Ecole (little school house), a winery in a neat old restored school building.


Andrea attempting to take a picture of us outside Pepper Bridge (after too many samples on an empty stomach...)


Jeff making a purchase at Yellow Hawk Cellars, which had just opened up its tasting room in the past month. We enjoyed the ambience of the nicely decorated space a bit more than the wine (although they had a good port). Notice all the neat antiques, including the vintage cash register that really works.


Enjoying a chilly picnic lunch on Sunday in Pioneer Park. It's a very pretty spot in a residential area of Walla Walla half way between the downtown and the airport.