The Quest for Cabernet

We awake today in Sunnyside, WA. It is our annual pilgrimage to acquire grapes. We are scheduled to pick up 100 pounds of Cabernet Sauvignon from Vineheart Vineyards, our source for grapa in Prosser. 

We drove here last night. It takes about two hours and 20 minutes to get from Spokane to Sunnyside. This whole valley down here is loaded with wineries...from Richland to Yakima. Prosser appears to be dead center of the valley, but we've never found a place to stay in Prosser that we liked. And so we stay in Sunnyside, which is not so sunny today.

The B&B we usually hunker down at was not available so we are at the Sunnyside Country Inn. It's okay but it's no Sunnyside B&B.

There also appears to be a very busy rendering plant very near to our motel in Sunnyside. The smell isn''t as bad today as it was last night when we rolled in, but it's out there.

We have slept in today as is our want on a vacation and then we will be going to wineries. I expect we'll be good a drunk and back in our room by 3:00!