california part 2

let me start off by saying that with everyday, our trip got better. it was a complete blessing that we didn't lose our luggage (i'm notorious for losing luggage), found our hotels easily, never hardly got lost, and didn't have weird reactions to the food (because we for sure ate and drank a little differently out west). after spending two nights in san francisco, we rented a car. i didn't get a pic, but i believe this stock photo will sufice...

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this blue baby got us where we needed to go for three days. we felt really cool pulling up to our hotel, restaurants, and wineries. mr. b, being the toyota nut that he is, loved it, of course.

as we pulled out of san fran in the rental car, we drove through the ghetto historic area and drove our way through golden gate park. warning, it is kind of hard to take a left turn in sf. like, there are lots of signs like this...

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...when you reeeeallly need to go left. so we spent extra time cruising the streets of the haight-ashbury area. interesting to say the least.

plans to return to the golden gate bridge to take pictures were ruined by daylight savings time. i'm sure my own would have looked just like this anyway:

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once we made it across the golden gate bridge, we ventured north to the sweet little town of santa rosa. loved it. i hope to go back someday and stay there for a few days. we stayed at a senior quaint hotel called the flamingo. think kellerman's from dirty dancing or the senior living center from cocoon. they were holding water aerobics when we arrived.

if you know either of us, you know we loved that environment as well :)

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that afternoon, we made our way to napa valley. these cuties greeted us in our blue corolla. we stopped to take a shot...

pretty sure this is one of the most beautiful places either of us have ever been...

mr. b posed for me again

amazing view as we reached the edge of the napa valley

first stop: darioush winery along the silverado trail in napa

clos du val in napa valley

clos du val 

silverado vineyards, napa

we ended the day at silverado vineyards.

best.view.ever.

more to come tomorrow!

have a great day!