California 2017 - Day 13 - Napa to Bodega Bay
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When we woke up this morning we really didn't have a plan for the day.
The Napa Valley is a wine growing region and most vineyards accept tastings by appointment only. There are a few problems with this :- One vineyard looks much the same as the next, there are strict drink driving laws and how would you choose where to go? Who wants to taste wine at 10.00 am?
Instead we chose to take a scenic drive out of the valley towards the Pacific coast north of San Francisco. The route took us through country lanes that were reminiscent of England, starting to look very autumnal.
As we were driving along the route we searched for local geocaches and were stunned to find a rare cache from October 2000 less than a mile from the highway where we were, we just had to make the small diversion to find it.
This means we have found a cache placed in every month since Bill Clinton made the satellite information available to the general public in May 2000 and geocaching was born!
In the last year we have travelled to Ireland, Wales, Belgium, New Zealand, Australia, Stockholm, Somerset, Northumberland and California to find geocaches placed in 2000. We may be mad or sad but we have had a ball!
We had our lunch (Fish and chips but not quite as we know it) at Bodega Bay in The Birds Cafe as featured in the Alfred Hitchcock of the same name. I am quite glad I have never seen it especially as there are plenty of buzzards flying around here.
After we had eaten we relocated the car to Bodega Head and went for a very windy walk above the Pacific Ocean.
We could hear a cacophony of Sea Lions on a rock a couple of hundred meters off shore and with the binoculars we could see there were hundreds of them basking on the rocks and frolicking in the surf, what a privilege to see them.
Around the corner we were astounded to find another huge geocache that has been here since October 2000, we have found two of these rare caches in one day!
We were almost back at the car when in the grass between me and Colin there was a beautiful snake, unfortunately he slithered into a safe hiding place before we could take a photo.
Really we should plan these days better!
I am feeling melancholic today, we have had a great time in California and tomorrow we go back to the start in San Francisco.
Route
When we woke up this morning we really didn't have a plan for the day.
The Napa Valley is a wine growing region and most vineyards accept tastings by appointment only. There are a few problems with this :- One vineyard looks much the same as the next, there are strict drink driving laws and how would you choose where to go? Who wants to taste wine at 10.00 am?
Instead we chose to take a scenic drive out of the valley towards the Pacific coast north of San Francisco. The route took us through country lanes that were reminiscent of England, starting to look very autumnal.
As we were driving along the route we searched for local geocaches and were stunned to find a rare cache from October 2000 less than a mile from the highway where we were, we just had to make the small diversion to find it.
This means we have found a cache placed in every month since Bill Clinton made the satellite information available to the general public in May 2000 and geocaching was born!
In the last year we have travelled to Ireland, Wales, Belgium, New Zealand, Australia, Stockholm, Somerset, Northumberland and California to find geocaches placed in 2000. We may be mad or sad but we have had a ball!
We had our lunch (Fish and chips but not quite as we know it) at Bodega Bay in The Birds Cafe as featured in the Alfred Hitchcock of the same name. I am quite glad I have never seen it especially as there are plenty of buzzards flying around here.
After we had eaten we relocated the car to Bodega Head and went for a very windy walk above the Pacific Ocean.
We could hear a cacophony of Sea Lions on a rock a couple of hundred meters off shore and with the binoculars we could see there were hundreds of them basking on the rocks and frolicking in the surf, what a privilege to see them.
Around the corner we were astounded to find another huge geocache that has been here since October 2000, we have found two of these rare caches in one day!
We were almost back at the car when in the grass between me and Colin there was a beautiful snake, unfortunately he slithered into a safe hiding place before we could take a photo.
Really we should plan these days better!
I am feeling melancholic today, we have had a great time in California and tomorrow we go back to the start in San Francisco.
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