I find it fascinating when friends drift in and out of your life over the years and this week an old friend resurfaced.  About 15 years ago, we went rafting on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon for the adventure of a lifetime.  Our friends the Parkers were scheduled to raft with us when Cathy injured her knee and had to bale out of the trip.  Scott replaced his maimed wife with an old childhood friend of his, Dave Carty.  
Dave was and still is a fun guy to be with.  He proved that on the river and again this week when he and his beautiful wife Diane stayed with us at the Bed and Breakfast.  His family has been coming to Paso for years and stay at the nearby lake.  This week was the Carty family reunion on Lake Naciemento so based on recommendations of the Parkers, they took a day out of the schedule to stay here.  Dave and Diane are Per Cazo fans, so he asked if the family could come over for wine tasting.  Sure, bring the fam, we would love to meet the family and introduce our wine.
Well, they arrived at 2 and stayed all afternoon when the wine tasting morphed into a great afternoon party by the pool.  Dave comes from a large Irish Catholic family so Dave's mom and all 6 kids and spouses came, drank and heard the Per Cazo story.  We poured all 5 of our wines plus the port of our winemaker and sold a bunch of wine.  But more importantly, we found ten new friends who I know will stay in contact with us.
It was a day of family connections when Dave's aunt and cousin arrived just in time to meet the Cartys.  We all had a great meal together followed by our first bonfire at the fire-pit in the common area of the B&B.  It was a perfect Paso evening.