Hotel: Grandview on the Lake. Views-- beautiful! Service-- good. Rooms-- clean and affordable. Cafe-- cute Australian guy making your americano and pina colada... okay ;) Soooo not too shabby of a place to stay. Check out some pics:


Jet Skiing: Location-- Jet Skis Ahoy. I melt for corny names. Weather conditions-- 20 kts of wind (windy!!) and a choppy lake. Driver-- Kati to begin, massively failing driving without drenching us and almost losing my contact lenses. Brittany took over and held us at a steady 30mph for a trip up and down the lake (I didn't know I was such a chicken... good thing I had Britty). Here is an awesomely posed photo, before I even buckled my PFD.

Now we are starving and need some good food. We walked into downtown and foud this great little place, Tin Lilly, which had some really unique dishes and a beautiful lime green painted exterior. I created my own veggie, jalepeno, onion, cheesy concoction with and enjoyable Dos Equis amber beer and some fries, while Brittany stuck with the orginal Corona and some mac 'n' cheese. We filled up, that's for sure. Outdoor seating-- absolutely and necessary (we were both pretty white and in need of some serious Vitamin D).

Final stop for the evening-- a great little Mexican Cantina in town, supposedly one of the only good places to go on a weekday evening in Chelan. We enjoyed some nachos and hand-created beverages from the bartender and chatted a bit with a few locals. The coolest part of this bar? The walls and ceilings are lined with dollar bills, each written on, drawn on, and decoration to represent the person that came to enjoy the fun atmosphere. Of course, we had to create our own dollar bill, and naturally went with our obsession-- Latinos. Obsession is a strong word, I have to admit, but in honor of Brittany's boyfriend Miguel (from Mexico) and my boyfriend Juan Carlos (from Peru), we created this dollar bill:
LAS GRINGAS QUE LES GUSTAN LOS LATINOS (the white girls that like the latinos).
A great addition to their bar mural? We think so! Photo evidence:


Awesome signage!! Why not paint your logo on a boat?? This was just outside the wine tasting room in a grassy field with flowers. Beautiful and classy:

Our first couple sips were all our host Rudy needed to read each of our pallates perfectly. I was so impressed at his ability to listen to us, have us taste, and decide what we needed to try and learn more about. Here is me and Brittany trying one of their wines, Naughty Buoy:



He also suggested that we run over to a local cheese place, Lake Chelan Cheese, and get some pairing wines. I love cheese and try quite a bit, but learning about cheese was new for Brittany. We tasted many cheeses and purchased 2 types each, so delicious!!


...catch me later :)