Road trip wine tasting...

Day One. The highlights were tasting wine at Rex Hill and dinner at Block 15 in Corvallis. Oh, and driving over the mountains to Klamath Falls after dark and during the height of deer and elk highway wanderings. Forty miles of darting eyes and white knuckles... oh, joy.

The tasting room at Rex Hill is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen, with two barrel-vaulted rooms, and a wonderful centerpiece:  a wine barrel topped with a big glass top, lined with a ring of tasting glasses. Each glass had a different aromatic component you might find in wine, from tropical fruit to herbs to leather. The glass top was etched with the names of the flavor groups: herbal, floral, and so on. Each day they cut fresh fruits and herbs for the display.

It made a stunning centerpiece to the tasting room.

Geocaching. Drive, drive, drive. More geocaching (fun). Drive, drive, drive. Stopped for gas in Corvallis, then Trip Advisor sent us to Block 15 in downtown. We settled in for a break... Reuben sandwich and a turkey burger, and a couple of brews. Yum.