Lightening the load

One of the good things about moving far away is that you get to thin your collection of wine before you go.  So in the spirit of lightening our load we enjoyed a bottle of Chateau Cabrieres from Chateauneuf-du-Pape with our goulash last night.  The day you open a 2006 Chateau Cabrieres is the occasion.  Spicy, warm, dark purple color...brought us back to the heat and cicada-songs of Provence. Ser interesant.

Mark (my novice winemaker) has two carboys of wine in the basement, one Burgundian-style chardonney and one Pinot Noir.  30 bottles each.  Now what does one do with wine that is not quite ready to be bottled when one moves across the country?  Put the 6-gallon jugs in the back of the Subaru?  In December?  Do we need to find wine-maker-friendly (as well as dog-friendly) motels along I-80 west so we can maintain an even temperature?  Hmm, not sure about this one. 

The Harley should be picked up tomorrow, delivered to Boulder on Tuesday.  Fingers crossed.  Mark stuffed his road bike into a box and padded it with his motorcycle jacket, helmet and other stuff.  We're hoping to check it as baggage on the Friday flight, but then we're not sure how we're getting it from Denver airport to Boulder...we need a rental car with a roof rack or a rental suv.  I never knew that you could check a bike as luggage. 

Dinner tonight with Jenny and the kids.  Mark might not see them again for quite a while.