Plymouth, CA

EXCITING DAY! Our two youngest grandchildren are finally going off to big-kid preschool summer camp! This long awaited event comes after spending the last year at home…

Back in the Villa, we had a quiet morning looking for internet service and doing laundry… Finally at noon we drove the 12 miles back to Gunnison. We fueled up the truck, dropped it off at the Gunny-Lube for an oil change, then we walked to City Market and bought some birthday cake for another caravan member. After a few other errands we stopped for lunch at the W Cafe…

The town of Gunnison has a nice little main street with restaurants and local businesses…

After lunch we returned to the Villa. I took a walk while Lynda sat by and in the pool…

We had another GAM to meet new friends. The host, Charlie and Michael, own a winery in Plymouth, California. While they didn’t provinde wine to our little group, they did prepare an olive oil tasting, featuring their own olive oils. We tasted Tuscan, Lemon, Rosemary, Jalapeno, plus two balsamics, one of which was white… I particularly liked the Rosemary and the white balsamic…

After the GAM we walked around the park enjoying the twilight…

And an enjoyable time was had by all…

Today was a busy day. The Warrens drove, and we left the RV park at about 10:30 am. Soon we arrived at Bella Grace Winery just outside of Plymouth:

2017-10-13 California 01 Bella Grace 06

Bella Grace is owned by one of the Airstreamers at the Rally. They hosted a wine tasting, and educational tour of the vineyards, and tours of the wine caves…

2017-10-13 California 01 Bella Grace 04

The wines they were pouring were mostly their Italian varietals, and we enjoyed them a lot…

The vineyard talk was very interesting, learning about the farming aspect of wine and grapes:

2017-10-13 California 01 Bella Grace 12

As much fun as this visit was, we had other things on the agenda today… We left and drove to the town of Plymouth; lunch was in order:

2017-10-13 California 02 Amador Vintage Market 01

We ate at Amador Vintage Market, which includes a great sandwich deli, a wine tasting bar, and lots of gourmet wine country types of things…

After lunch we walked the town a bit:

2017-10-13 California 06 Plymouth 02

Next, the Warrens took us to their house in El Dorado. They built it about 15 years ago on 10 hilly acres studded with oak trees. The views were lovely! They have put a lot of work into the place to make it look really nice!

After our quick house tour we headed down the hill to Convergence Winery. This a favorite of the Warrens. We agreed:

2017-10-13 California 03 Convergence 03

And by now, it was time for dinner. In Plymouth, across the street from Amador Vintage Market, is Taste:

2017-10-13 California 05 Taste 01

Next door is their newly opened boutique hotel called Rest. We went in to Taste and found seats at the wine bar:

2017-10-13 California 05 Taste 03

We ordered a bottle of Bella Grace Old Vines Zinfandel, and proceeded into dinner. Lynda and I opted for small plates…

Steak Tartare:

2017-10-13 California 05 Taste 08

Flatbread with three cheeses:

2017-10-13 California 05 Taste 09

And something they called, Toma; cheese roasted on an oak plank, with honey , prosciutto, and grilled figs:

2017-10-13 California 05 Taste 10

It was a great meal! Taste is a surprise gem in an otherwise very rustic, old town…

We returned to the RV Park. Tonight’s entertainment put on by the club was a comedian; I stopped in to see what it was all about. His jokes were OK, some were very amusing, but his real skill was in working the crowd… It was really fun!

After the comedian we watched Syracuse upset Clemson! What could be more fun than that? Well, I’ll tell you what: CAL beat and humiliated a sleep-walking Washington State! It was awesome! Go Bears!

And an enjoyable time was had by all…

Adventures in the Villa

Category

2021-06-04 – Springtime in the Rockies caravan… Day 9 – Gunnison, CO

2017-10-13 Westbound; WBCCI Region 12 Rally, Day 4…

Search

Categories

Archives