Tuesday, October 20, 2009

A day in Sonoma and Napa ...

I guess this would technically be our 5th day of vacation. We decided to pack as much into one day as possible so that's why we went to ...

Downtown Sonoma where we had Boudin bread and Sonoma cheese (yup, we got just one more teddy bear loaf of bread). Yum, yum - that bread and cheese (and salami) were scrumptious! We even sat in a park to partake in our yummy lunch.

Check out the beautiful fall leaves ...


and our yummy cheese, salami and bread ...

We also checked out the Mission and a few other spots ...

And, off to the Jack London Museum we went ... here is a drawing of what it was going to be - sadly, it burned down just before Jack London and his wife were to move in.

This is a picture of the remnants of it - it is deteriorating quite badly, but we could still tell it was a magnificent house!




On our 1/2 mile hike to the house, Matthew even saw a deer!


From here we set off to see the Petrified Forest ...

Here is Bob, looking petrified!

And, Matthew too!


And, I had to take a picture of the 'no running' sign because I kept telling Matthew not to run, but he said he was only jogging!


Next stop, a castle! Actually, it's a winery, but it's also a castle (part of 'Bedtime Stories' was filmed there)




And, while Dad tasted some wine, Matthew and I checked out the chickens!


We made one more stop at an overpriced wine store looking for gifts, but Bob said he decided against buying anything there because nowhere in the store were any prices listed - he knew then and there that the wine was too expensive for us!

Next stop ... Alcatraz, but not today! Tomorrow, Day #6 of our vacation ...

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