Our first few days in Palisade have been awesome!  This place is everything we imagined and hoped it would be with a few perks we didn’t anticipate.  There are close to a dozen wineries in this town of 3,500, fantastic boozing establishments and a ton of fruit farms sporting cherry’s, peaches, apricots and so much more.  Check out a few that we’ve managed to hit up already.  More to come!

The brewery: To our delight, not only did they have great beer, but they smoke their own meat!

DeBeque Winery: After a beautiful hike we headed out to sample one of the local wineries.  Amy and I each received 4 complimentary tastings.  The wine is generally bold and dry.  We enjoyed the Malbec and Port and ended up buying a couple of bottles.  The Pinot Noir was also pretty awesome.

The Peach Street Distillery:  It just happened to be next door to the winery.  We had a great experience at the tasting bar and enjoyed the generous pours on the drinks.

So we had an idea of what our house and view would look like from the pictures on the rental site, but there’s NOTHING like seeing it in person.  The excitement of arriving after five days traveling and this whole idea coming to fruition – well, I just have no words.  We’re thrilled!

Check out the pad.

And the view from the front porch at sunset. Are you serious!

That’s a peach orchard across the road (for lack of a better term).