To celebrate Molly’s 35th Birthday we left the kiddos behind (Thanks Papa and Papuu) and ventured North to Paso Robles wine country. It was our first 2-night trip together without kids in over 8 years.
Day 1
On the way we stopped at Firestone Walker brewery near Solvang for “lunch.” Here is a picture of the lineup. As we neared our B&B we realized that we still had a couple of hours to kill before check-in, so we stopped at a little boutique winery called Kiamie. We became fast friends with Greg, the winemaker, who invited us to come back the next day for chicken enchiladas and visit Tolo cellars next door.
We stayed at the Justin Winery bed and breakfast (as seen in the distance behind Jesse’s head). Our townhouse was incorporated as part of one of the fermentation warehouses, which looked like your basic warehouse on the outside, but once you were inside it was a plush French cottage.
Hailey drew Molly a picture to go with her present.
We celebrated Molly’s birthday dinner at the winery’s restaurant called Deborah’s Room…and it was just that one cozy room maybe 20ft x 20ft with four tables. The menu was a flexible choice 5 course dinner. At first glance, nothing on the menu appealed to our appetites, but everything was out of this world good. We both even had our first raw oyster.
Day 2
We woke early the next morning and went for a run through the vineyard, ending at Debora’s room for breakfast. At 10:30 we took a winery and cave tour (all of which was within 100 yards of our room), followed by wine tasting.
We then set out to find Paso’s only distillery where they use 100% grape juice to make fine sipping vodka and gin. We then headed for a local mercado for carne asada tacos on our way out to Tobin James winery.
On our way back to Justin, we stopped back in at Kiamie and Tolo Cellars (pictured below). We missed the enchiladas, but had a great time talking with the Tolo winemaker, Josh and his girlfriend Michelle. We were their last customers of the day and they were headed into town for dinner and a movie, so they invited us to come along. We had sushi and saw “The Hunger Games” at a 21+ theater. A great way to end a very fun day.
Day 3
The night brought heavy wind and rain, but the morning was crisp and sunny. We walked through the vineyard to breakfast at Deborah’s room and back. After packing up, we sat on our balcony in the sun and listened to the chorus of song birds. It sounded like one of those nature tapes, the shear number of birds was amazing. 
We had so much fun talking, exploring, and making each other laugh. We both agree that these were the best 3 days or our life together.
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