Napa Valley Trip

We began our tour of the wine country by stopping in the city of Napa. They have blocked off several streets from motorized traffic and it is nice to walk around the boutiques, restaurants and shops without having to deal with cars. There is a large visitors center with lots of helpful folk to give you ideas of what to see while in the area.
Isn't she cute! There was shop that sold all types of metal garden sculptures like Miss Bee.
As we were leaving the parking lot in the city of Napa, this house caught my eye. There were several on the street that had been restored and turned into businesses. Going out of the city toward the wineries, we saw many Victorian and Craftsmen bungalows lovingly renovated. This is a city that is pleasure to just tour the architecture.
This was the view as you drove into the Robert Mondavi Winery. Can you see the fountain. There were lots of flowers on the far side of the building that don't show in this picture.
This was the garden view outside the wine tasting room.
This is a typical view of the wine country---very green grape vines with the mountains in the background.

On our return trip, I decided I wanted to try and get a picture of this wind mill farm but the road was under construction and we couldn't stop. So I experimented and took the picture in the truck going 50 miles per hour. It is amazing to see these things on the hillside, hundreds of them, generating electricity. Wednesday we will be going to San Francisco. So more later from your Happy Travelers.