In the summer of 2018, Sarah and Sean hit the “west coast” for a second time, Mammoth, Tahoe, Nappa, and a few other spots.
Our final stop before returning to the lovely 120-degree heat of Palm Desert was in San Luis Obispo, a small college town that is very nice but honestly not much for photo ops. I took a picture of this sculpture because I didn’t want to come home empty-handed. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Yep, Read more…
Of the 6 or 7 wineries (vineyards?) we’ve been to in Napa, this one is probably our favorite. The setting (a nice big deck with couches) was beautiful, the staff was super friendly and the wine was both tasty and affordable. In truth, it’s perhaps in a tie with Castello Read more…
On our way home, we stopped for a night in Napa for the second time in our young marriage. We began our day at the only duplicated stop (V. Sattui) because their deli is that good. We did some tasting because we were there (and had a 2-for-1 coupon) but Read more…
On the morning of our 3rd wedding anniversary, Sarah and I hiked to Eagle Lake which, outside of Hawaii, has got to be the most beautiful spot I’ve ever been. We had no idea what we were getting into… just saw lots of cars parked by the road and like Read more…
Rather than take you day by day, I’m going to split Lake Tahoe into two posts; one for the time we spent on/near the water and one for the time we spent hiking. This one is about the water. On the first day of the Tahoe leg, the lake was Read more…
We spent the first 2 days in Mammoth, which is a skiing town in the winter and a nice mountain town the rest of the year. The original plan was for the second day to be spent in Yosemite but the fires had something to say about that. We broke Read more…