Every year we're in California we go north - to go to church in San Rafael - our first California church - and to tour a part of the "wine country" I know its strange to start with a sunset, but this was from our first night in the area. We drove out to the Marin headlands, right across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. The last 2 years the view has been cloudy and foggy, but this year was beautiful. San Francisco is just to the left of the above picture.
The Golden Gate Bridge at night. In the picture above the lights just above the horizon are airplanes waiting to land, we've never seen this view without the planes. The Golden Gate Bridge and the giant redwoods are 2 of our most memorable times from being "up north."
On Sunday after church and a visit to the San Rafael farmer's market, to buy olive oil and bread, we went on to a beer, chili, and salsa competition. The pictures weren't great from the festivities, but we had a really fun time - what could be bad about chili, salsa and beer. But without pictures we must move on to wine country. One of our stops was the Sterling winery, only the darned place was up a mountain and we needed to take a tram up (not my favorite way to travel). The wine was good and the views were very nice so I tolerated the ride, certainly they have roads that go up that mountain.
A wine maker with a sense of humor. This statue, sunglasses inculded, is found outside the Jacuzzi family winery and the Olive Press store. Really good olive oil, I'm sure we bought some, along with a bottle of wine!
We stopped at the August winery because they offered free tastings, and it ended up being one of our best tastings. Its a small winery with a loyal group of members, who buy much of the wine they make. We really liked the wine here. Shortly after this stop Dale said he's had enough wine for one day, but that's not why his eyes are closed. They took 2 pictures of us - the other one Dale's eyes were totally closed, this pic he just looks like he's having a really good time. This winery also makes the Jeff Gordon wine label (he has nothing to do with the process, just the finances). We went to one more winery - where I got to drink most of the wine and stopped to eat at a microbrewery - Dale had Diet Coke, he truly was done for the day. I am happy to report that he has since regained his taste for wine and is happily enjoying some as I write this.
Every year we're in California we go north - to go to church in San Rafael - our first California church - and to tour a part of the "wine country" I know its strange to start with a sunset, but this was from our first night in the area. We drove out to the Marin headlands, right across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. The last 2 years the view has been cloudy and foggy, but this year was beautiful. San Francisco is just to the left of the above picture.
The Golden Gate Bridge at night. In the picture above the lights just above the horizon are airplanes waiting to land, we've never seen this view without the planes. The Golden Gate Bridge and the giant redwoods are 2 of our most memorable times from being "up north."
On Sunday after church and a visit to the San Rafael farmer's market, to buy olive oil and bread, we went on to a beer, chili, and salsa competition. The pictures weren't great from the festivities, but we had a really fun time - what could be bad about chili, salsa and beer. But without pictures we must move on to wine country. One of our stops was the Sterling winery, only the darned place was up a mountain and we needed to take a tram up (not my favorite way to travel). The wine was good and the views were very nice so I tolerated the ride, certainly they have roads that go up that mountain.
A wine maker with a sense of humor. This statue, sunglasses inculded, is found outside the Jacuzzi family winery and the Olive Press store. Really good olive oil, I'm sure we bought some, along with a bottle of wine!
We stopped at the August winery because they offered free tastings, and it ended up being one of our best tastings. Its a small winery with a loyal group of members, who buy much of the wine they make. We really liked the wine here. Shortly after this stop Dale said he's had enough wine for one day, but that's not why his eyes are closed. They took 2 pictures of us - the other one Dale's eyes were totally closed, this pic he just looks like he's having a really good time. This winery also makes the Jeff Gordon wine label (he has nothing to do with the process, just the finances). We went to one more winery - where I got to drink most of the wine and stopped to eat at a microbrewery - Dale had Diet Coke, he truly was done for the day. I am happy to report that he has since regained his taste for wine and is happily enjoying some as I write this.
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