Let’s say you want to visit some of the award-winning wineries in our neck of the woods.
You have a problem for which we have a solution.
The Problem: You want to visit five or six wineries. How do you plan your trip so you spend the least amount of time driving and the most amount of time visiting?
The Solution: The first step is to go to Google Maps Fastest Round Trip Solver. Enter the starting point for your trip. That’s the address of the Kelty where you will be staying. You can copy it to your clipboard here:
675 Third Street, Lafayette OR
Paste it into the box labeled “Add location by address.” Click the ADD button. Hint: You have to manually clear that box before you can paste another address. Do it now.
Leave that window open.
Next stop, another map: Our Oregon Wine Country and Willamette Valley Vacation Planner.
This is a growing map of Oregon wineries. So far, we have added the wineries that won an award in the San Francisco International Wine Competition. You will find them marked with BLUE pushpins. We have also added map locations for wineries that Jamie Goode, an internationally known wine writer, visited right after the 2008 Pinot Noir festival. (See “Reason #14” to read his blog on Oregon wineries.) You will find his stops marked with YELLOW push pins.
As you click on the pushpins, a little balloon will open up. There you will see the name of the winery AND its address as well as its URL
When you find a winery you want to visit, select its address and copy it to the clipboard.
NOW pop back over to Google Maps Fastest Roundtrip Solver. Paste it in the little box and click ADD.
When you are done, click the “Calculate Fastest Roundtrip” and you’ve got your route. Print it and you are good to go!!!
If this sounds like just too much work, you could of course just call our own ALL EVENTS LIMO at 1-503-560-1512. Tell us where you want to go and we will figure it out. Unless you have a designated driver, you drink. We will drive.