Wine Country Trip: Day 3 -- Damn You, Tina Turner!

JB and I took our time driving from Eugene to Sacramento yesterday, stopping several times to take in the sights. We figured we could easily find a hotel near the Sacramento Airport, but there were no rooms at the inns because Tina Turner played the Arco Arena last night and all the hotels in the area were full. We had to backtrack a few miles to find a place with vacancies.

We will soon be checking out to go pick up Linda and Amanda at the airport and then head over to St. Helena. I'll try to check back in later.

I'm trying not to spend too much times monitoring the campaign while I am on this trip, but it is hard to stay away. I found this Quinnipiac poll to be very interesting:

It's still the economy as Sen. Barack Obama rolls up support among groups who have not supported a Democrat for decades to lead Republican Sen. John McCain in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, according to simultaneous Quinnipiac University Swing State polls released today.

With 12 days to go, Sen. McCain is narrowing the gap in Florida, but fading in Ohio and barely denting Sen. Obama's double-digit lead in Pennsylvania.

No one has been elected President since 1960 without taking two of these three largest swing states in the Electoral College. Results from the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe- ack) University polls show:

Florida: Obama up 49 - 44 percent, compared to 51 - 43 percent October 1;

Ohio: Obama up 52 - 38 percent, widening an October 1 lead of 50 - 42 percent;

Pennsylvania: Obama ahead 53 - 40 percent, compared to 54 - 39 percent last time.

The Ohio poll surprises me, because I thought the race for that state was very close.