Thursday 11-08-01 we arrived in San Francisco and took a shuttle bus to Sonoma.
Beautiful day, as long as you don't shoot toward the sun...
This is the lobby of "The Lodge at Sonoma" where we stayed for 4 days...
This is the front of our cottage...
Rob is reading the manuals for the TV and Video games in the room, getting used to his temporary home...
Each cottage has it's own patio...
Wine Country...
Rob and I enjoyed dinner an Italian Restaurant across the street...
There is a cow with wings in the courtyard by the pool. As we walked around town we saw several more bovine sculptures. More about that later...
There is a lot of great artwork around the lodge...
Some of it looks very familiar...
We took a shuttle bus to Napa where we rode rented bicycles back to Sonoma.
We rode 10 miles or so and then stopped at Madonna Estate winery for tasting...
Some people didn't do any tasting...
Posers...
We rode another 10 miles or so and stopped at Acacia winery (more posing)...
This artist was painting the view of Domain Carneros, the third winery we stopped at...
We toured the winery and saw how sparkling wine is made from grapes grown in this area called Carneros, between Napa and Sonoma...
Bicycles provided by "Napa Valley Bike Tours"
On the road again...
Future Tour de France competitor...
This is the last winery we stopped at...
A mural at Gundlach-Bundschu winery...
Lunch was served here...
More tasting...
Rob found a computer to play with...
The entrance to the cave where they store their wine for aging...
I am sitting on a cow with a gnome looking over my shoulder...
Saturday we rode to Glen Ellen with Skinny and Elizabeth...
We stopped at Carmenet winery...
We had lunch at the market at Glen Ellen...
Rob bought some books at the Jack London Book Store...
While in Glen Ellen we found the Cow Sculpture Headquarters, Click on the logo to learn more...
Cowabunga...
We rode back in the rain, stopping to photograph cows along the way...
Cows...
Cows...
Cows...
Cows...
Cows were Everywhere...
After the wet bike ride, we dried off in front of the fireplace and went back out to sit in the hot tub in the rain...
Sunday 11-11-01 we departed San Francisco through the clouds.
Still not a good day for photos...
The flight home was kind of quiet. We really had a great trip!
11-09-01 Bicycling from Napa to Sonoma through the wine country!
