The tour bus arrived a little before 10:30 am to pick us up for the wine-tasting tour. (The bus was a shuttle-bus size, not a Greyhound.) Our driver/guide was Fritz, the same guy we had at the end of the New England Color trip. Fritz is a nice guy, about our age, and knows just about everything about wine. It made the tour even more interesting.We left the RV park for downtown Paso to pick up the lunches, then to a hotel to pick up the other couple who would be ...

Tue, Jun 11, 2013 STATS Departure: Needles, California Arrival: Paso Robles, California Miles: 376 miles Travel Time: 9 hoursWe targeted 7:00 am to be out so that we could get ahead of the heat. We missed 7:00—left at 7:03. It was already fairly warm. I don't know what the temperature was, but as I was disconnecting the water this morning, a kid from three sites down came up to me and started roasting a marshmallow over the top of my head. As we got far...

Wednesday, November 09, 2011Comments: We went wine tasting today, and I want you to know that it didn’t affect me at all. We visited mmmfffggbl four wineries and tasted about ufffmoggle six to ten different wines at each. Only a tiny aaaarrrrggghnuff amount in each glass. How could it affect me? I’m a big guy and able to hold my gggggggrrrrrreeeeehhhhhssssbbb (excuse me) liquor. Not a problem at all. We were in a group of five people; the other thre...

Tuesday, November 08, 2011STATSDeparture: 10:50 amArrival: 5:00 pm PST, Paso Robles RV Ranch and Campground, Paso Robles, CADistance: 258 milesComments: Well, that was fun. We decided to leave later in the morning to try to avoid the commuter traffic, which we did. Of course, there were still so many cars and trucks, I never saw the road bed. There were times that I almost got to see it right in front of me, but before I could get a good glimpse, a low-riding ...