The Wine Bus

This weekend Matthew and I had to say goodbye to our very good friends Joel and Melissa Boothe...They are moving to Oregon! For their goodbye party we did what every good Sonoma County resident dose.... we boarded a wine tours bus and went wine tasting. Well, I actually went wine smelling, but it was fun... for the most part. About half way through our vineyard adventure our bus started to leak break/power steering fluid. I'm not just talking about a drip here and there, I'm talking about a full-on stream of brown fluid pouring from the underside of the bus. (now this is my favorite part...) The bus driver told us all to get back ON the bus and he was going to drive it to the end of the drive way... "because by then I should know if the breaks are working or not..." (Gee that's logical, right?) So 14 of our 18 people piled on the bus, Matthew, his dad, his dads friend and myself stayed off. I told them there was NO way I was getting on that bus (Because at the end of the drive way what happens if the bus couldn't stop...) No way was I getting on! Any way, so the driver started up the bus and boy, did that brown fluid really pour out of it then! So we let him know.... he reluctantly decided that he shouldn't drive the bus and we would have to wait for a new one. So we waited... 3 hours!!!!!!!! By the time the new bus arrived the majority of the wine party was 3-sheets to the wind, a few were more like 10, and I was ready be home! (Not to mention I was beginning to fear that the gremlin would come out slurring already because it would somehow develop a contact-buzz! :) Any way It was quite an adventure and an exciting send off for the Boothes. We will miss you guys lots!