Simply Wine!

After our resounding success with the Blackbox chardonnay, I picked up a couple more boxes of wines at our favorite wine store in Denver, Applejacks. This time the wine was another chardonnay made by French Rabbit, which I think was about $8. First, it wasn't a very good wine to begin, and second, the wine isn't sealed like the Blackbox. There's a screw cap on a cardboard box. By the 3rd day the wine was bad. So...bottom line, French Rabbit is a "don't buy" from us.

-Laura

.....Let's pause to give thanks to those whose sacrifices have made it possible for us to enjoy life's pleasures tomorrow.

The day was pretty uneventful; surfing, blogging, clean inside the coach, two more windshield repairs(Yes! Covered tonights event!) and chilling out. The evening, however, had a nice dinner in store for us.

We've been watching our dining budget pretty closely and what better way to celebrate keeping it down then by adding to it :)

We decided to check out The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch in Jackson Hole. We picked it out of a local dining guide based on the sample menu they had in it. We called to make sure you could bring your own wine in (you can), its a great way to keep the cost down as restaurants usually double what you would pay retail in a store. The corkage fee was only $10, very reasonable, especially for a resort town.

Here was the view of the valley and the Tetons from our table. On the way up to the ranch we saw a pair of Osprey and a Red Fox, but were not quick enough with the camera!

We brought along one our favorite Archery Summit Pinot's we picked up on our last visit to McMinnville. We shared a wonderful scallop dish to start. For main courses, Laura had a Halibut with mushroom risotto and morels. I had Asian spiced duck with the same mushroom risotto. Both dishes were fabulous and paired just about perfectly with our Oregon Pinot Noir.

Bring on the holiday weekend..........