Pining for the Fjords

As my faithful blog readers know, Chris and I have had the good fortune to be able to visit Las Vegas many times since we moved out to the western side of the country.  From Arizona, it was only a five (or so) hour drive, and while living in Phoenix, we normally made the trek once a year for one reason or another (or for me, one Girls' Trip or another with buddies); however, since we'd been relatively busy in the past few years (moving to another state and buying and selling houses and whatnot), we hadn't been to visit Sin City for quite some time.  Chris' final summer Friday off from work was the Friday leading into the Labor Day holiday, so it seemed like a perfect opportunity to head out of town for a long weekend.  After securing Friday off for me as well, we started planning a quick trip to our old stomping grounds! We'd never headed to Vegas from the LA area, so we were excited to see a whole new set of roadside attractions, alongside the 5 and 15 freeways (...

On the last blog , Mom and I ventured from Santa Barbara through Solvang and Pismo Beach, ending up in San Simeon at Hearst Castle.  Upon finishing our Castle tour, we hopped back in the car and turned inland, driving another hour or so to make it to Paso Robles.  We wanted to hit up at least one winery tasting room before checking into the Airbnb for the night, and since we arrived right around the normal 5pm closing time, we picked Eberle Winery off our list, solely because they stayed open until 6pm (they were on our list anyway, because they have good stuff, but they were open later than anyone else - hey, worked for us!). Cheers! Chris and I have always wanted to hit up Eberle, as there's a huge banner on the main road outside proclaiming that they have cave tours.  When one of the guys working there announced the last wine tour of the day immediately after our tasting concluded, we jumped right on that!  As it turned out, the two of us were joined by ...