Friday after work- we jumped in the car (I still didn't know where we were headed). Adam had told me what to pack and the only clue I had was that there were bikes in our car! Adam completely outdid himself- we ended up about 3.5 hours away from Denver in Palisade, CO! Palisade is the home to the famous Palisade peaches.... and lots of other fruits, including grapes. Basically this part of CO is perfect for growing grapes and has recently been becoming its own little wine region in CO. There are probably about 20-30 wineries in the area (all small, some VERY small). And since we are wino's... it was perfect :)
We stayed in a cute B&B and spent the entire day on Saturday biking to all the vineyards... and we hit 11 of them....
Starting out!
So to explain this picture above. One of the wineries we went to was a Meadery. Which means, they make Mead wine- which in a nutshell is honey wine. Its made with honey+water+yeast. No grapes at all! And it was SWWWEETT and delicious! They made all different flavors including: Cherry honey, Blueberry honey, peach honey, apricot honey, cherry chocolate satin (my fav) and their special- raspberry chocolate satin. It was really fun and different.
One of the other wineries we went to specialized in fruit wines. Made similar to wine made with grapes, but they do all different fruits. I believe they had around 30 different flavors on the menu. They were also really, really sweet- but really really good. My favorite was the cherry wine- which we brought home a bottle of.
Back to the pics....
And what I felt like after hitting up 11 wineries...... I felt just like I look. Notice my purple mouth- awesomeness...
The hike up...
Behold: Hanging Lake. The water was crystal clear.
So after we hiked up to the hanging lake- we heard there was a second trail that took you behind the waterfall. We found it and I am sure glad we did. It was exhilarating. I quickly went behind the waterfall, but it was freezing and wet. I tried to stand there to take it all in- but could only last a few seconds. Adam got a few pics (quickly so he didn't ruin the camera).
Behind one of the falls...
Love you Adam- Happy 2 year. Cheers!
Awesome trip! Love you guys and congrats on the 2nd year anniversary.
ReplyDeleteSo fun, Adam did pretty darn good, that place looks absolutely gorgeous! Happy 2 year Griffins! p.s. your post wine picture made me laugh out loud.
ReplyDeleteProps to Adam! What an amazing, fun trip. Super jealous! Like Ash, I seriously laughed out loud looking at that post-wine pic of you.
ReplyDeleteLove it! How fun!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG! I am obsessed with this... let's do it all when we come to visit! Seriously.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on two years!!!! Love you guys:)