Napa Valley and San Francisco

We have wanted to make it up to Napa Valley and San Francisco since we have been in California, but just haven't been able to pull it off yet. Sooo, since we both had four days off for Thanksgiving, we decided to have our Thanksgiving meal the Sunday before (it was delicious) and travel over the four-day weekend.

It was a great trip! It is extremely beautiful in that area. Visiting in the fall was great--I think that would be the best time to go, if you're ever planning on it. Of course, I dispense that advice without having any authority or expertise to do so whatsoever. But, all of the leaves on the vines turned fall colors, along with all of the other trees. And, it was a great change for us because, even when we get out of the desert, the terrain in Southern California is very dry/brown. It was nice to see all that green for a change.

Without getting into really long explanations, these pictures are of Tally standing in the Vineyard, the two of us at a tasting room at a vineyard, and Tally outside of a cupcake store in Napa (the store did very good work)

We ate at two different restaurants for dinner, both of which were great. I won't go into it, but if you ever go, I would seriously consider Celadon in Napa and Tra Vigne in St. Helena. The food was really, really good.

On the way down to Carmel on Saturday, we swung through San Francisco. It was fun to say we drove across the Golden Gate Bridge. We drove over the the presidio and down to the beach, where we were able to get some pictures with the bridge in the background:

(I think I look the best when squinting.)

And, we then stopped in downtown San Francisco a little bit to shop and eat. It was very interesting, but pretty crowded. Of course, there were a ton of weirdos, who I enjoyed watching immensely. Too many to get into here, but, if you want to people watch, go to San Francisco.