WINE & SAN FRAN

Hey everyone!!   How are you all doing?  Fall is really here now, huh?  Hate
to think of winter, yuk!!        We had a great time visiting Mike's cousin Don
in Yuba City, CA.  Got to see all the family & Don showed us around all the
agriculture in the area.  Everything grows here,  even tho so very very dry!!
Water is becoming a serious issue throughout the state tho.

Our friends from FL came in and we had a great time doing the Sonoma and
Napa Valleys.  The winerys are very impressive and the tastings were great!.
Had lunch at the one winery like a castle, a picnic on the grounds.  Really
liked Sonoma as not as commercial as Napa.  But are so gorgeous to see.  The
one had a gondola ride to the top to see the winery.  The food is as good as the
wine in the area too.  On yogurt afterwards, ha ha!!  We will have to have a
tasting of our own when we get back!!!  

We did the Wine Train Dinner & that was a fun time.   Very ornate compared
to the Durango train.  The meal was really good & got lots of pics. , Is a whole
culture out here.  Wine, food & sunshine.  (lots of neat cars too, ha ha)

We also went into San Francisco . . .  The Golden Gate was really awesome.
Don had told us where to go to see it & was super!   Great pics again & most
of them are on my camera!!  Did the Coit Tower (awesome views),  Lombard
Street (crookedest),  Fisherman's Wharf, the Painted Ladies (houses) and we
did Chinatown for lunch (they let us bring Purdie into the restaurant, a blast).
So much to see and we had a pretty day.  We came back on the Oakland Bay
Bridge & that was neat too.  A lot cooler in San Fran than inland too!!

We are keeping a close eye on the fires.  So scary how fast they come up.  The
wind changes & they can get on you quick.  We are heading to Monterey area
tomorrow.  A few days to rest & see if fire in Yosemite area gets under control.
Playing it by ear at this point.

We pray that all is well with you & will post again soon.  Pray for rain here!!
Love & blessings,      Mike & Dee:)