First stop on Sunday, February 18 - Artesa Winery - http://www.artesawinery.com
Artesa Winery
Swans in the courtyard of our hotel, the Embassy Suites in Napa, CA
On our second day, Monday, February 19th, our first stop was at the Old Faithful Geyser of California (not THE Old Faithful)
Candy feeds the fainting goats at Old Faithful of California
Fainting goats
The geyser erupts
More rams and llamas
Candy feeds the goats
Llamas
Baby goats
More goats
The geyser
Our first winery of the day was Sterling Vineyards -http://www.sterlingvineyards.com
Sterling Vineyards
We stopped at Sutter Home just long enough to snap a picture of the sign.
For lunch, we stopped at the V. Sattui winery and had a picnic lunch.
V. Sattui Winery - http://www.vsattui.com/
The driveway at Rubicon Estate, the winery owned by Francis Ford Coppola - http://www.rubiconestate.com
Rubicon Estate
Rubicon Estate - Francis Ford Coppola's house
We next stopped in to Robert Mondavi - http://www.robertmondaviwinery.com/
Robert Mondavi
On Tuesday, February 20th, we left Napa and headed over to Sonoma. We visited the Mission of San Francisco Solano in Sonoma, the northernmost of the Spanish Missions of Califonia - http://missiontour.org/sonoma/
Mission of San Francisco Solano
Sonoma City Hall
From Sonoma, we headed north through the Sonoma Valley, stopping at the Valley of the Moon Winery in Glen Ellen - http://www.valleyofthemoonwinery.com/ - before driving down the coast and into San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge.
Our first full day in San Francisco was Wednesday, February 21st, and we started the day with a tour of Alcatraz
Telegraph Hill
Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill
View of the San Francisco Bay Bridge from the ferry to Alcatraz
View of San Francisco from the ferry to Alcatraz
View of the Golden Gate Bridge from the ferry to Alcatraz
Alcatraz
On the ferry to Alcatraz
Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz - a cell
View of the Golden Gate Bridge from the Alcatraz yard
Candy's a prisoner!
Solitary
View of San Francisco from the Alcatraz yard
Escape from Alcatraz!
Enjoying the tour
After Alcatraz, we walked around Fishermans Wharf, and watched the Sea Lions at Pier 39.
Sea Lions of Pier 39
Fisherman's Wharf
Ghirardelli Square
On my birthday, Thursday, February 22nd, we took the Cable Car to Chinatown and SoMa.
Riding the cable car
Lombard Street, the World's Crookedest Street
Chinatown
Turning the cable car at the end of the line
Heading down Russian Hill
The sun starts to set over the Golden Gate, at the end of a great vacation.
