Drink at Hand: Fog Head Pinot Noir…going nicely with my grilled tri-tip (thanks Grilla T!)

Hey there Welliver Photography fans…Thirsty Thursday here once again, so pour something yummy and make those weekend plans! Last weekend was a pretty good here at WP. In true “get out there and do something” fashion, we explored a trail I didn’t even know existed until last Friday. It was one heck of a beautiful Sunday morning. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.

The trail is the Juan Bautista de Anza Trail, which we picked up at the very end of Old Stage Road northeast of Salinas. This chunk of road is the actual stagecoach road that connected the Salinas Valley to San Juan Bautista, or for those familiar with local landmarks, the route that connected the Soledad Mission to the mission in San Juan Bautista…but I’ll save the full history lesson for another day, or go here to read more. The trail itself is 4 miles one way with a decent elevation gain, but the views are worth it!

As Lt Col Juan Bautista de Anza would say: ¨¡Vayan subiendo!¨ Roughly translated, “Mount up everybody!” Or, as we say around here, get out there and do something this weekend!

Drink at Hand: 2008 Ventana Tempranillo

Good Thirsty Thursday evening to you! Tonight we’re just pouring something yummy and talking about how we need to clean the house and wash the cars this weekend. Really exciting stuff (though I think we will sneak out to the coast for a sunset or two). But even when life is a little boring, there’s still sample a little bit of the goodness that comes out of the local Monterey County wineries.

Get out there and do something fun this weekend!

Drink at Hand: 2007 Crianza Old Vine Tempranillo

Not going to lie, this Thirsty Thursday snuck up on us here at Welliver Photography. So while I did pour something yummy (that tempranillo is good!), I haven’t had much of a chance to put together this week’s entry. We are working on something good for next week, but this week I only have one photo to share.

While this week’s post is just a single photo, it pretty much hit the spirit of what we want Thirsty Thursday to be. These posts are supposed to be about getting out there and seeing or doing something different, interesting, exciting, etc. I doubt any reader will know where to find this road. We truly were in the middle of nowhere on a road that doesn’t really go anywhere. We didn’t see another car for hours (if I don’t count the guy and his dog on the 4-wheeler with the shotgun tied to the back). But, oh what an adventure we had this day, and that’s what its all about!

Go find a new place to explore this weekend!

Rambler: Terry

I’ve always wanted to play with creating bokeh and I finally got my chance over the Christmas break. Thanks to my Mom for cutting the template out and my Dad for modeling it up. I think he should visit the Red Carpet sometime or perhaps Project Runway.