California, or all about me drinking too much

I don't drink much, if any over a given year. A few glasses of wine or a beer, but when you were a pro at one point, you can be a pro at any time you want.
The trip to Napa was great, lots of time with our friends at a few vineyards but our favorite was Kitchak Cellars. The owners are friends of our friends so we spent 6 hours there tasting and having a picnic at the lake on their property and having a super relaxing time. The wines were amazing, you can tell the care and love that goes into each batch when you have a small vineyard that doesn't sell to the general public. The 4 of us split 2 cases, waiting for them to show up so we can tap into a few bottles with some Mayan cocoa brownies I will make.
I drank a lot, but it was all good, none of this mass produced stuff and never enough to knock me out the next day. I got a lot of sun running around the city trying to find a running trail. I was shocked they didn't have a dirt path around the area, the running on concrete didn't go over well with my body but at least I got out a few times. The people drive way too fast so I was constantly trying to avoid getting hit and trying to take in the scenery. There is a great comfort to running around my own home on the trails,  feeling I can't get anywhere else.

It's good to be home and sober, back to the comfortable routine, and not having to worry about something happening when I'm several states away. I had some boxes at home with some goodies I added to the preps and had to add a lot to the inventory sheet. While I was on the plane and at the pool last week I read Ashfall and Lucifers Hammer, always fun to read prepping type books when you are away from home. If you haven't read either of those books, they are awesome. Ashfall isn't as well known and it's supposed to be for young adult readers, but it's a great read for old people like me. The sequel called Ashen Winter is due to be out in October.
The plane hit a bunch of turbulence right when I got to the part in Lucifers Hammer where the plane goes down... seriously, not good timing.

I almost got my garden done but decided to hold off for a couple of weeks, I'm worried about watering when I am out of town later this month. While I trust my neighbor friend to watch the house and dogs, I don't trust them to water correctly for a growing garden. I did get the yard done and got all the bare spots filled in. I'll try to make it to my usual blogs and say hello when I can, work is of course taking most of my work time up like usual.