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2022-10-24 Mountain View, Missouri

After the two-day cold snap we had about a week ago the foliage colors have definitely changed…

After a quiet morning we gathered our chairs to watch Mule Jumping…

Meet the mule: Pedro…

Here he jumps…

He is a champion in Missouri – he has jumped 60″!

He only made it to 56″ today. He really likes the roar of the crowd, and he is very proud of himself when he makes a high jump…

After all the excitement of the jumping mule we had a rest in the Villa. Tonight is dinner at the Viadel Winery, the same place we had lunch yesterday…

The winery is normally closed on Monday, so we had the place to ourselves…

The meal consisted of Bruschetta salad, Lasagna, Pizza (see our comments from yesterday…), and garlic-buttered breadsticks, which are made from their pizza dough that I so enjoyed yesterday…

The vineyards are still looking good…

We managed to get one last picture of the caravan group…

We returned to the Villa. An enjoyable time was had by all…

2022-10-23 Mountain View, Missouri

Mostly free day today… We drove 4 miles down the road and had lunch at Viandel Vineyards…

They opened at 11:00 am and we were there… Its a rather rustic place…

Of course, I couldn’t help but notice the absolutely useless and non-compliant disabled access parking and ramp…

All of their wine is made from grapes grown on the property…

We had a nice table outside. It was a little cool, but nice nevertheless…

We tasted six of their wines – two dry (one red, one white) four sweet – Grape, Blueberry, Blackberry, Apple. The sweet wines were made from Muscato grapes, infused with the fruit flavors, but no added sugar. They tasted like I would like to pour them over ice and add some 7-Up on a hot day… The dry wines were from grapes unknown to me. We ordered a very nice fresh bruschetta to enjoy with the tasting. Then we ordered glasses of the red wine and two of their small artisanal wood-fired pizzas. It was great lunch. We will come back here with the entire caravan tomorrow night for dinner…

We returned to the Villa. We are seeing some mild autumnal colors all around us…

An enjoyable time was had by all…

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