Hilton Sonoma County Santa Rosa

Well... Tonight is our last night at "the compound". I have to say.. I'm ready to get the hell out of here. Rob is still going to be working for a couple more days so we're heading over to my friend Claire's to stay until Wednesday. <br><br>Living here at the compound has really been amazing. And even though I'm definitley ready to get moving I'm pretty damn sad ...

... 40 per person it is really a bargain. It was the highlight of the week as far as wine tasting was concerned.<br>Close to the city of Napa are the historic limestone caves and tasting room and to the north in the St. Helena area is the estate winery and Venetian cave lined with Italian marble. We visited the Napa one though I understand that the wine experiences are similar.<br>You ...

Monday November 9th.<br><br>That means that in 6 days.. We will be taking everything out of the closets, and cupboards, and off the floor, packing them up and stuffing them in the car to leave Santa Rosa. Even though four out of five of us planned on staying here much past vintage. The result is one of us back in San Diego, one of us heading home then off to Australia, and Rob and I heading North with a plan yet to be devised. <br><br>I'm ...

... process has become just to get enough money to barely cover the rent. And I know for sure no matter how unemployed I am after this jolly I will never bother to make a claim again.<br><br>So whilst talking to James I found myself in the wrong lane and I reaffirmed my suspicion that the average driver in America would sooner crash their car than actually slow down and let you over. It doesn&#8217;t help that over here flashing your headlights means 'get the ...

We move every three months.<br><br>This time will not be the easiest. <br><br>One month left. So in my brain that means time to start planning a new adventure in order to cope with the one that's ending. I'm thinking of road trips and places I want to go, where we're going to live for the next few months and where we're going to work. Eugene, Portland, Seattle, Las Vegas?...hrm. Let's start with San Francisco since a trip to the ...

... the next day and try and visit the Renwood vineyard (one of favourites for the red Zin) the day after - well that was the plan... On arriving we asked the motel reception girl/monster if there were any hop on - hop off wine tours for the area. She gave us a leaflet which seemed to meet our requirements perfectly and was only $20 each. Problem was, after eventually getting the monster to turn our motel room phone on, I rang the number and it was answered by an equestrian ...

... nothing! <br><br>I got to Napa Valley just before lunch and started checking at some of the wineries. The first one I went to was Mario Andrettis winery. I had a tasting there but would have to limit the tastings I have seeing I was driving. The tasting also cost $10 so I was expecting that most of the other wineries in the region will charge for tastings. I wasnt wrong there, some of the wineries ...

March 15, 2008   Set up the campsite and went out for a bike ride to town.  Santa Rosa has nice paved bike paths that run alongside the streets into the town.  We peddled a couple of miles and found some shops and restaurants that were all humming.  Checking out the menus from the varied restaurants, we decided to make reservations at a local hangout that had live music at dinner time. We peddled over to the beach and took a long walk ...

... would complete another four miles on the path, which crosses a massive wetland on a causeway. Her husband, Bob, then picked us up, allowing us to complete 16 miles of walking. As a special treat, Bob took us on a detour to a wildlife area, where we were thrilled to see Burrowing Owls and Black Phoebes for the first time. Bob and Margaret are retired from teaching at UC Davis, and they had invited some of their friends over for dinner that evening. It was a total success ...