Back in November we stayed at this cute little hotel up in Murphys and we LOVED our time there, so when they sent us an off for a FREE night ... we JUMPED at the chance! We had a small time frame though so we took off for our little mini vaca just 2 days after Christmas.

So we ran away from home that night, checked into our hotel, got dressed for dinner and had the BEST time at a little italian place in town, Noto's. It was small but quaint, the food was amazing and the wine was too :)

We got up bright and early the next morning - since I think we wake up at 6am subconsciously now - and went to breakfast at this cute little place next to our hotel, Grounds.

This is the patio scene in front of our table, and directly below our room :)

After breakfast we went back to our room for awhile, got dressed and went for a pretty drive in the wine country while we waited for the marathon wine tasting day to begin, lol. It was just SO PRETTY!

We ended up at the Ironstone Vineyards. The place is awesome. It's absolutely huge. They have concerts in their outdoor ampitheater. They have museums and gifts shops and a neat outdoor historical area that DH loved. We walked through the outdoor area for awhile and headed into the tasting room.

Their wines aren't much to speak of so we just grabbed a sandwhich, some cheese & crackers and found a pretty spot outside to eat.

We found a great little spot, there were a LOT to chose from.

It was such a nice relaxing day. We didn't have to be anywhere we HAD to be so we just enjoyed the sunshine while the valley was caked in fog lol

So we enjoyed the HELL out of our time :)

So their wines suck, their food is good, their grounds are beautiful ... and they have BIG. black. cat. ... his name is "Moose" ... and he likes laps ... LOL

So after our little drive and adventure in the countryside we started on our marathon day of wine tasting lol. We ended up going to 8 WINERIES! Hahaha ... I know ... we have a problem LOL ...

But we sure enjoyed ourselves!! I think this was in between wineries 4 & 5, kinda hard to keep track when they're all within walking distances ;)

Best part was ... since we kept takin breaks to shop or whatever, we didn't even get that drunk! No woozyness, no hangover the next mornin!

This is us during one of those breaks when we just lounged on a park bench for a spell cause we had no where to be and no one to get home to :)

This is Brandon reaching his I CAN TAKE NO MORE PICTURES! limit LOLOL

This is us laughing as people walk by wondering why we're taking pictures of ourselves LOL

Us at dinner that evening after a lovely day wandering around, just eatin and drink ALL DAMN DAY LOL - BEST.DAY.EVER! LOL

It was great. REALLY REALLY great. But I think we're done with Murphys ... for now ;-) We need to try out NEW places ... that's one of my favorite things about getting out on our own. Maybe Napa next! ;-)