May 2019

Carry on Essentials for a Long Vacation

How I pack my carry on for a long trip, but a short flight is quite easy; it starts with the bag.  Our next trip is for a two week vacation but only about a 6-hour flight, which is relativly short.  When it’s an extended vacation like this, I usually pack a larger carry-on plus a checked bag.  So my carry on like most people is my most valuable things and necessities.  For international flights, I do change up my carry on bag and my packing in general but more of that to come later.

Wine Tasting in Woodinville’s Warehouse District

I grew up in Woodinville before there were all the wineries, breweries, and distilleries.  The coolest thing to do growing up was the movie theater and hanging out in the Top Foods parking lot.  What’s nice is that going back and visiting my family in Woodinville now means that we get to go wine tasting and experience a whole new side of Woodinville that wasn’t there 20 years ago.

I took my husband wine tasting in the warehouse wine district of Woodinville.  I like this area better than the typical Woodinville wine district because there is more parking, better diversification of wineries and cider houses, as well as it tends not to be as packed as the other areas of Woodinville.  I’m sure this changes with the seasons and when passport weekend is.

Since my husband isn’t a huge wine drinker and hasn’t been to the warehouse district, I let him pick from the 55 tasting rooms. We decided to try out four wineries.  I would recommend only doing two or three if you are driving yourself or get an uber or there are tons of event buses you can charter as well.  I had no idea there were so many wineries that this is going to have to be a thing with the hubby until we try them all!!