Napa Valley

We arrived in Napa pretty late (6 or so). The only thing that was open was this wine tasting place next to the visitor’s information center. This turned out to be very good for us. Inside we tasted 5 wines for $10 bucks. The host was very nice and explained everything to us, answered all our questions – showed us the ropes a but basically. He also gave us a complementary salmon and spinach dip and an extra wine to taste. He also threw in a free bottle of wine to take with us. The wines were good all around – white, red, and desert.
Napa itself was very beautiful to drive through. Vineyards surround you as you drive on a two lane road with grassy mountains flanking your left and right. Leaving Napa was a beautiful but very long and windy road. It was not a very pleasurable experience as it got dark and the road entered a forest. We were constantly on the lookout for animals. In addition, I hear that some passengers in our car may have almost gotten sick. We were very glad to reach Highway 101, which runs along the coast. We stopped for the night and were on schedule to get an early start the following day.