Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Deer, grouse, rum, miners cabins, and end of fall

Sooo much fun with our great friend Marci. Weather was terrific and the last of the leaves waited to turn while she was here. Deer everywhere. Missed you Tom!

And the cows were on the move again... This time on the road from CB to Gunnison. Better not be in a hurry to get anywhere.

Lunch at Ryce with great Asian spicy. Marci loved her eggplant dish. A new nutritional category, if you're not aware.


The DRINK
On Marci's list was a repeat visit to Montanya Rum. Maharajah drink is to die for, hopefully not literally. It sells twice as much as any of their other great drinks. Marci has tried to copy it, and I just found out Heather has too. Neither was quite satisfied with the result. We picked the brain of Will, distiller extraordinaire, and along with a great tour, he checked the recipe to make sure it was accurate. Small tweeking needed. They are down to 9 states needed to complete entire US distribution.

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Walking through the woods with the last leaves dropping and deer everywhere lazily eating and laying down resting before moving to lower ground. Time is coming soon. And a group of dusky grouse appeared, plodding along, good thing for them you can't hunt here. they'd be goners.

Marci and I went to take a look at the old miners cabins. Wow, hard to imagine how they lived in that time, surviving the minus zero degree COLD. Again, very sad these are falling down with no stop in sight, but isn't it always the land that's left anyway...



1 comment:

  1. I emailed them today to find out if they are in any nearby states. Let's hope so!!

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