With great anticipation, our Monacos In Motion group gathered for an orientation meeting at the outdoor group pavilian of United Trails Campground in Truckee, CA. Leaders Tom and Dee Irwin reviewed the excellent notebooks they prepared for us containing an outline of the caravan activities. After each participant gave a short introduction of themselves, they were presented with a very appropriate caravan gift: a wine duffle with two glasses, napkins and a corkscrew.
For our first activity we carpooled to the Bacchus and Venus wine shop in Truckee where Marcie Roth gave us Wine 101. This shop specializes in California Boutique Wines. We tasted four wines (2 whites and 2 reds) with some delicious cheeses and fruit. This was our first excursion into town and it made us look forward to learning more about the area tomorrow. Several people purchased wine which they then brought to our BBQ picnic prepared by Smokey's back at the campground. While enjoying ourselves with salad, beans, brisket, chicken, corn bread (wow it was good) and apple crisps, we all got to know each other better.
It was announced that the space station would be making a pass over the campground at 8:36 for two minutes and some of us ventured out to watch the heavens and see the brightly lit object cross the sky. The area is very dark as we are far from town and stars shone brightly highlighting the Big Dipper and the Milky way.
Weather conditions for the next few days call for sunny skies with temperatures in the 80's but at night some of us had to turn on the heaters when it went down to the high 30's and low 40's.
For our first activity we carpooled to the Bacchus and Venus wine shop in Truckee where Marcie Roth gave us Wine 101. This shop specializes in California Boutique Wines. We tasted four wines (2 whites and 2 reds) with some delicious cheeses and fruit. This was our first excursion into town and it made us look forward to learning more about the area tomorrow. Several people purchased wine which they then brought to our BBQ picnic prepared by Smokey's back at the campground. While enjoying ourselves with salad, beans, brisket, chicken, corn bread (wow it was good) and apple crisps, we all got to know each other better.
It was announced that the space station would be making a pass over the campground at 8:36 for two minutes and some of us ventured out to watch the heavens and see the brightly lit object cross the sky. The area is very dark as we are far from town and stars shone brightly highlighting the Big Dipper and the Milky way.
Weather conditions for the next few days call for sunny skies with temperatures in the 80's but at night some of us had to turn on the heaters when it went down to the high 30's and low 40's.
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