So after Tahoe we moved on to Yountville, CA right in the heart of Thomas Kellerville... Needless to say I stuffed myself with chocolate almond croissants from Bouchon Bakery. WE stayed at the Railway Inn where the rooms are old rail cars. It was very nice except the walk to the bathroom was pretty long from one end of the car to the other.
We started off at Opus One drinking a $30 glass of wine with my winnings from Harvey's Casino. Then we moved on to Turnbull winery before checking in at the hotel. We had an amazing french meal at Bistro Jeanty before taking a small walk around town to try and work off our food coma.
Then next morning we went over to the Sonoma side of town to Ravenswood, B.R. Cohn and Saintsbury where I joined the Pinot wine club. You're welcome Karen. We ended our wine touring at Grgich before heading back to the train for a nap and dinner.
After a little down time we drove up to Calistoga and stumbled across Jolie restaurant that was amazing. It was small plate style so we started off with some foie gras and little neck clams. Then we moved on to sea scallops, duck breast and pork belly before finishing it off with an apricot crisp.
The next morning as I was lying in bed trying to sleep it off I kept hearing this noise that sounded like a gas fire starting. I thought "Is that a hot air balloon"? and low and behold it was. Taking off right from our parking lot. What the? I'm trying to sleep here people.
After Napa we drove up the coast to the Redwood forest where I have such a funny story I can't even do it justice over this blog.
Now we are in Eugene, OR visiting Mike's family before we head up to Seattle. More later!
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