River Terrace Inn Napa
1600 Soscol Ave Napa, Napa Valley, California, 94559, United States
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Change in Plans...
We were only to be in Kings Canyon for one night, and today was our day to drive south to Sequoia National Park. The road connecting the parks is called the Generals Highway, and the distance is only about 25 miles...at least as the crow flies. We'd been told the day earlier, by a ranger, that the road was closed by snow and had little prospect for …
Rain and Wine -- in that order...
We awoke none too early to find the previous day's sun a distant memory; replaced by a steady mist. As it was, our need to cancel our Sequoia day worked in our favor, as originally we had planned to "cram" Napa into half a day. We could now take our time, which worked out much better. In addition, we were really interested in visiting the small …
Emeryville to Napa
The train was only 20 minutes late into Emeryville. We had reserved a rental car from Hertz's office at the train station (according to their Web site) but couldn't find the Hertz depot. An Amtrak employee pointed out a little black phone on a wall which we used to speak to Hertz. They sent a car from their desk at the local Marriott Hotel about ¼ …
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Napa-Calistoga: Persian Palaces to Gas Nozzle Wine
... Needless to say, we walked out of there with a lot of wine before we even got the later shipment.
We drove through downtown St Helena and found the new Tamber Bey tasting room, which was recommended to us at the Hill Family. The tasting room was built to resemble a barn, a very beautiful barn, with gorgeous stable doors. No one else was there, and we were free to mosey on up to the bar. We started with a 100% malolactic ...
And so the journey ends. . . for now
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