Road to Napa Valley

We just can't seem to stay put in the new house, much as we love it. Long overdue for a trip to the Napa Valley, we spent the last 2 days enjoying cool overcast mornings and perfect sunny, not too hot afternoons. St. Helena is Wil's hometown, and his mom and his sister and family are there. Our personal B&B, aka Mom's place, is always there for us. We found Mom in good health, and we had a great visit. I also got in a little pattern writing and fabric bundling.

Yesterday, Wil and his buddies went for a long walk around Fryerland. It has another name, but it happens to be State property, just north of Lake Berryessa, that is used for hiking and hunting. Once upon at time, it was a cattle ranch owned and operated by the Fryer family. It is an amazing full circle turn that my husband is now leading his friends around his family's old land.

Today we got to tour Sis's new property on Howell Mountain. You can see they are busy planting vineyard, after just "retiring" when they sold another vineyard property and winery. Another bit of symmetry in our family's lands--our new house is on Red Lane, their new property is on Red Lake Ranch.

Today's best....enjoying the cool morning trek up Howell Mountain.