Well today the GPS on Concetta's smartphone decided to play with us again. This morning we decided to drive south about twenty-five miles from our camp in Paso Robles to visit the Ancient Peaks Winery for a late morning wine tasting which included lunch. It was a lovely morning and we found the winery without any trouble, well, excepot for overshooting the offramp on Highway 101 and having to double back a couple of miles. We reached the winery about twenty minutes early so I wandered around getting photographs and enjoying the brilliant sunshine which felt good after our rainy reception three days ago in the Bay Area.
After the winery opened, a very pleasant young girl quickly seated us on the patio and began spoiling us with her individual attention. This wasn't hard since we were the only customers. The morning simply flew by as we tasted five different types of wine and listened to our server's detailed description of everything she brought to our table. At the outset we were offered the opportunity to combine our lunch with the tasting and we quickly agreed. We split a chicken sandwich and each got a side order. I chose the potato bacon soup, and Concetta had the fresh green salad. For desert we ordered a hot berry compote to share.
Around noon, with lunch and tasting finished, we purchased a couple of bottles of the wines we had tasted and were ready to leave Santa Margarita and head for Bakersfield. Since I had been studying the map, I knew that California route 58 went almost directly to Bakersfield from Santa Margarita. So I was expecting the GPS to take us right to that highway without delay. But when Concetta activated the little darling, it insisted that we retrace our 25-mile route to Paso Robles and take California Route 46 instead of Route 58. Both went in the same direction, but Route 46 added an extra fifty miles to our day. Not quite sure whether there might be something wrong on Route 58 that the GPS knew about and we didn't, we decided to go ahead and accept the detour.
Still, all things considered, it was truly a grand day. We drank a little wine, we had a nice lunch, and enjoyed our conversation with the young girl who was our server. She even turned out to be an amateur photographer and was able to use my camera for a photo of us.
So tonight we're in Bakersfield at a very nice camp that turned out to be about half the price of the one in Paso Robles. In the morning we will probably head further east via Route 58 and see what we can see.
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