This is at the first place we visited. It is the Stone Hill Winery. It is the largest in the state of Missouri. We took a tour of the cellars and learned about how all of the wines and champaigns are made. It really is incredible! It gave me a deeper apprecitiation and understanding of the process. No wonder it is so expensive!! In this picture below you can see Mark turning the bottles. This is the 4th step in making champaign. It takes 5 years from start to finish!! In this step the bottles are turned a quarter of a turn each day for a year. That is crazy!
Below is the restaurant at Stone Hill were we ate lunch. It used to be used as a horse barn during the time of the prohibition.
This is the only picture we have of us together. We set up the camera in our room. We stayed at the Hermonnhoff Bed and Breakfast. It was beautiful!! We had the fireplace in the main room and then one next to the whirlpool tub. Or should I say pool? It was huge!! And the shower?!!! Oh, my!! It was the biggest shower I have ever seen. And 7 shower heads! And to top it off the bathroom also had a steamer and in floor heating. I could get used to that!! The last ammenity we could have done without was the train. There are train tracks directly behind the building. About every 30 to 40 minutes the train would come through. Everything in the room would shake. It was really kind of funny. And we were perplexed as to the fact that we never saw the train move during the day. Just at night! Oh, well. Thanks to tylenol pm sleeping was fine. So we toured a few wineries, tasted many wines and relaxed. It was fun to get away and enjoy time just the two of us. And the boys did well at my sister's house. Hopefully she won't change her mind about keeping them when we go to Korea! That will be much longer!
These last two photos are of the Inn that we stayed at. Even though it was kind of dark and dreary we still had a great time!
Below is the restaurant at Stone Hill were we ate lunch. It used to be used as a horse barn during the time of the prohibition. 
This is the only picture we have of us together. We set up the camera in our room. We stayed at the Hermonnhoff Bed and Breakfast. It was beautiful!! We had the fireplace in the main room and then one next to the whirlpool tub. Or should I say pool? It was huge!! And the shower?!!! Oh, my!! It was the biggest shower I have ever seen. And 7 shower heads! And to top it off the bathroom also had a steamer and in floor heating. I could get used to that!! The last ammenity we could have done without was the train. There are train tracks directly behind the building. About every 30 to 40 minutes the train would come through. Everything in the room would shake. It was really kind of funny. And we were perplexed as to the fact that we never saw the train move during the day. Just at night! Oh, well. Thanks to tylenol pm sleeping was fine. So we toured a few wineries, tasted many wines and relaxed. It was fun to get away and enjoy time just the two of us. And the boys did well at my sister's house. Hopefully she won't change her mind about keeping them when we go to Korea! That will be much longer!
These last two photos are of the Inn that we stayed at. Even though it was kind of dark and dreary we still had a great time!
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