To Napa - for wine, food and camping - Day 51

Today we left San Francisco and drove across the Golden Gate Bridge. We stopped in Sausolito to look at the houseboats on the bay. We drove up to Santa Rosa where we located Guy Fieri's Johnny Garlic. Note: This is Guy Fieri who hosts Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. I had a very memorable roasted red pepper soup and a Cajun chicken penne dish. Mark had a 'buffalo' meatloaf sandwich. We also bought a T-shirt for Nicholas.

Then, we set up our tent in our favorite site in Bothe-Napa State Park, site 10. We can certainly see the decline of funding for the California State Parks. There was no ranger on duty; just a list with our name and site on it.

After setting up, we drove into St. Helena to shop for some food (peanut butter & jelly). Then, we wandered up past Calistoga to the Vincent Arroyo Winery. We got some Arroyo years ago when we visited Napa. Interestingly, some of our Arroyo disappeared from our cellar. At any rate, we had a wonderful tasting outside on a picnic bench. (The winery is being re-built) We bought 2 bottles of Melange,, a mostly-Cabernet blend which is drinkable fairly soon. All the grapes for Arroyo are grown on the site and are only available in Napa. We also tasted some of the port, but could not buy any as it has sold out for the year. But, we did sign up for some to be delivered with their next batch. (September.)

After that, we went to the wonderful supermarket in Calistoga, Cal-Mart and got some home-made sausages which we cooked over the campfire