So you’ve been to Napa Valley have you? Well not with Lena and Ron. You see, they live in Fairfield, CA which is a stone throws away. Not only the most gracious hosts, but what a fabulous day touring wine country with the two of them. You see, only locals know that Napa (at least the city) really isn’t that pretty of a place. The drive there via the commercial route (29) goes along the edge of town which just looks like any other small town but without the really cute old downtown. Not too pretty…

Anyway, we went the back way into Napa Valley via Wooden Valley which takes you thru some of the most scenic country around. The roads wound thru hills, valleys and mountain sides. Along the way we stopped and knocked out some shots overlooking the valley and other scenic spots. I can type for hours about all the things we saw and did but I figure I’d let the photos do the talking. I do want to mention one detail which was way cool. Along one of the roads we were taking in route to Napa, we were driving alongside a vineyard. This vineyard was located in Solano County. As we’re driving Ron says “you see that vineyard to our right, it’s located in Solano County”. We then went around a right hand turn and crested over a little hill still following the same vineyard. Ron then said as he slowed the vehicle down “now this is the same vineyard that we’ve been following but are now in Napa County, the grapes on this side of the hill are 3 times the cost of the ones on the other side of the county line. Things like this made the entire afternoon, way pleasurable.

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