Saturday, August 7, 2010

More Road Trip Photos 2K10

After the wedding, we were on our third leg of the trip in Napa valley with Evyl K and her family. Bob was kind enough to put us up for 2 nights of fun.

On day 2, Tony (Evyl's Bro), took the role of designated driver for a wine tasting tour in the valley.  Wine tasting is no longer a $5 keep the glass type of experience anymore.  Most were around $20 and no glass.  One was as much as $65 and we passed on that.  The Bestest was Heitz Cellar at no charge and best wine steward to boot.  I was compelled to make a hat purchase from these guys which made up for the freebie.

Here are the ladies at our first stop, Miner Family Vineyards..


Next stop... wait for it... Clos Pegase!  We had to pop in and have a taste.  For those of you that remember, we got married under the big tree at the front of the gardens by the winery.  Well, they removed the tree a week before we arrived due to safety concerns.  And now, there is this spindly little replacement that will take many a year to catch up to it's predecessor.

If you check out the web site, its pretty hilarious that Bacchus is their spokes deity.

Pretty goofy...


They had a few of these placed around the grounds...


Evyl gettin' a little of her own Bacchus on...


And this one is at the end of the parking lot and a gateway to the vineyard...


As mentioned before, Heitz Cellar was the winner hands down on the tasting and delivery.  Very nice seating area outside of the tasting room...


These last ones are after we headed out of Napa.  For whatever reason, we decided to head up 101 again to the coast by Crescent City, CA.  That was probably a mistake due to the extra length and windy roads.  It would have made more sense if we had more time to spend on the coast.

This one is just funny...


Coming out of the mountains and into the marine layer...


Prehistoric Gardens Road side attraction fun on day 2 of the trip home...



Popped into the Crazy Norwegian's for Fish & Chips.  Pretty tasty and the place was hoppin' the whole time we were there...


First Bear sighting...


And of course, Hugo!  This little guy was ready to be home something fierce...

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