We left Beaver Creek and headed into Oklahoma. We stopped overnight at Pecan Creek Winery in Muskogee, OK. It’s about halfway between I-40 and Tulsa. It’s next to a few homes, we pulled into a shared driveway. We had two dogs greet us from the house next door. Luckily, Cody never saw them the entire time we were there!
After setting up, we headed in for a wine tasting. Candy helped us, even though she doesn’t normally work the front. I think she was nervous, and not comfortable with silences, because she kept a verbal stream of consciousness going the entire tasting…which took at least an hour. We were so exhausted, all we wanted to do was go back to the trailer and make dinner. As we were the only ones there, we felt obligated to stay, not to mention wanting to finish the tasting!
Their wines were unique, many were made with tempranillo grapes. I did learn from Candy what “estate” means in a wine name. It means the wine was made with grapes grown onsite. The winery controls the entire process from growing grapes to bottling the wine. She was very knowledgeable, I did appreciate that. We met the Owner, she came in to set up for their craft night that evening. She opened a bottle of a rose she was experimenting with. It was very good – aged in bourbon barrels.
We left the next morning and headed to Anthem Brewery in Oklahoma City. It’s within walking distance to the city, and we were able to stay 2 nights. That seems unusual for Harvest Hosts; most are for only one night.
A park close to us had a Christmas lights display. We enjoyed walking around with Cody.
I need a camera phone that takes better night shots.
They did a show every half hour at the old Union Station train station. It was a narration of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas with a light show. We enjoyed it. I would love to upload a video of it, but it is a premium block on Word Press apparently. So I’ll just share a photo.
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