Day before the Big Crush

Today was a nice, easy day. Colin and I painted barrels in the morning. When you get new oak barrels, you need to paint a treatment to prevent mildew for storing. Most of the day was spent gabbing in the sun at the crushpad, paint brushes in hand. We headed into downtown Prosser for lunch. It's a buzz right now because this is the weekend of the Prosser Hot-Air Balloon Rally. Nice. It's going to be pretty tomorrow to look up in the sky and see those balloons. Makes me think of my Napa Valley balloon ride last year. That was fun.
Originally, I was planning on going into Seattle today with Kay to do deliveries, but stayed behind so I can catch up on work around here. Clay and Gary went over to the vineyards on their own and brought in 6 tons of Sauvignon Blanc. Oh boy. It's gonna be one LOoooong, long day tomorrow. But,I'd much rather crush day then have a bottling day.

Update on the visitors: turns out T & D just bought a house (hurray for them!)so they won't be joining us this weekend. Darn! We could've used all the help we can get. Ha! Just kidding. I was looking forward to seeing them again too. Well, J & J are still coming up so I'm looking forward to having some company at the crashpad.

Cheers!
CellarGirl