Good times

Back to the daily grind. I am in the middle of my day running on zero quality hours of sleep. I got back into Jamlando at 6am this morning and went to work. ST-rugglin! But Paso was a blast! I got to meet some really great families who have started growing grapes on the land that they live on. I consider this to be one of my dream jobs and I found my new calling in life. To go get a master's in viniculture. The art and study of growing grapes. How awesome would that be! Just seeing all these amazing people who live on 100 + acres of land and gave it a go. I would love to do this someday. My favorite vineyard we went to was called Whalebone. It is on the west end of Paso and it is a family of five who have 4 horses and cows, chickens, 5 dogs, and GRAPES! They just started growing as a hobby and it is so cool to see what they have done. We got to spend all day Sunday riding around and playing on the ranch. We also visited the first Winery I fell in love with the last time we were there in March called Windward and I got to hang out with the owners son, who is in 8th grade. A much cooler kid than I was at 13. He was selling walnuts that fell from the trees around the property, so I bought a bunch of bags and the kids and I helped him collect and crack new ones so he could take his girlfriend on dates.
This vacation was so cool because I really got to hang with the locals and see what life is like living there and not just doing the tourist thing. A great trip, although I am paying for it now with teaching on lack of sleep. But I do get to look at the new poster I got for my classroom all day, it is an old-skool R E A D poster of LL Cool J holding a book. Excellent.