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Day 9 – July 4 – Vacaville – Happy 250th!
Today we did a long walk, did a little shopping, watched fireworks, and got ready to leave tomorrow for Hawaii. John and Jessica have been such great hosts! Hill near John and Jessica’s house – nice morning hike Sunset on our last day in Vacaville Their house is there…somewhere On our way up the hill…
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Day 8 – July 3 – Santa Cruz and Giant Redwoods
Today we left Monterey after a nice stay at the Merritt House Hotel. We drove up to Santa Cruz and visited the Natural Bridges State Beach where we saw the natural bridge formations in the Pacific and some interesting patterns on the rocks. We then drove through Santa Cruz before going to Roaring Camp where…
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Day 7 – July 2nd – Carmel, Point Lobos, Monterey
We left early this morning and drove 2.5 hours to Carmel. We ate breakfast at the Mission Ranch Restaurant, which is part of Mission Ranch which is owned by Clint Eastwood. We then drove down the coast a bit and saw Bixby Bridge and climbed up and down some hills along the coast. We then…
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Day 6 – July 1
We had a nice relaxing day in Vacaville today. Was able to take a nice neighborhood walk and work a little on the blog (added a second page (Blog archive) that has older blog posts on it). We then spent the afternoon getting ready to host watch party for the US men’s soccer team’s game…
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Day 5 – June 30 – Napa Valley and A’s game
We spent most of today in Napa Valley. We did two wine tasting events and spent lots of time driving and taking in the beautiful scenery. We had a delicious lunch at Gott’s in St. Helena and a great dessert at Boudin Bakery in Yountville. John and I then went to the Dodgers and Athletics…
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Day 4 – June 29 – Muir Woods and San Francisco
Today John and Jessica took us to Muir Woods to see the coastal redwood forest and then down through Sausalito and then into San Francisco and Fisherman’s Wharf. We were able to walk out the onto the Golden Gate Bridge, eat Fish and Chips along the pier, walk up the steep hills of San Francisco…
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Day 2 – June 27 – California Zephyr
We are close to Reno and have been on the train for a little over 24 hours. Both of us slept pretty well in the roomette that we have. A few pictures below…we have taken pictures at most stations we are allowed to get off at and have spent lots of time just enjoying the…
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Day 1 – June 26 – Leave Denver on train bound for Davis, CA
We departed Denver this morning at 8:46 am on the California Zephyr. Our 36 hour train ride will take us to Davis, CA, to spend time with our friends, John Niederer and Jessica Berg.