Wine Country

I had my first anniversary two days ago, and it was awesome. My wife and I "went to the coast". Reality is, we spent six hours driving 60 miles stopping at every place we could hit the brakes fast enough to stop at as we drove along. We had originally planned on wine tasting, but somehow out of 9 stops none of them ended up being a winery. It was beautiful and relaxing.

Great thing is, that was just a little preamble. Tomorrow and Thursday we're heading to Desert Wind (Duck Pond's (my wifes employer)) very nice sister winery in Washington. While it's true that Amanda has to work some while we're there, we're both still thrilled.

While this is not really particularly inciteful or even pet related blog... I'd just like to say that life is good. First year of marriage was easily the best year of my life. I'm looking forward to many more. I love that it's getting warmer. I love Oregon. I love my wife.

So I'll be gone this week until Friday.

Our reptile order last week was awesome, by the way. It was HUGE, and everything looks amazing. A particular favorite of mine was the Red Tail Green Ratsnake, which is on hold but still in the store until June. Another little gem was the Asian Greenback Frogs. Legal, inexpensive, and attractive tree frogs are relatively difficult to come by. These fit the cut and appear to be quite healthy.

The baby Bearded Dragons are decent sized, and quite spunky. The baby Veiled Chameleons are gorgeous, and the perfect size. Not so small that they're still fragile, but not so big that they're not incredibly cute. It was just a solid order.

If anybody wants to see a veritable mountain of Bettas, come on in Thursday. There are two carnivals this weekend, and somehow I convinced both of them to do Bettas instead of classic feeder comets. 700 Bettas coming in on Thursday... each in their own cup. That's a lot of Betta.