Our last stop…Napa Valley. It was a last-minute addition for our trip, because I couldn’t help but wonder what the beautiful valley looked like with its rolling hills of vines. We weren’t expecting a ton from this leg of the trip, and really hadn’t planned much here. We knew we would be tired by the […]
A Cherry California Road Trip 2015: Napa Valley
Our last stop…Napa Valley.
It was a last-minute addition for our trip, because I couldn’t help but wonder what the beautiful valley looked like with its rolling hills of vines.
We weren’t expecting a ton from this leg of the trip, and really hadn’t planned much here. We knew we would be tired by the time we arrived, so we didn’t want to have a ton of plans for the full day and half we had. We were looking forward to not having to drive though, that’s for sure.
Napa ended up being one of our favorite parts of the trip, because we truly went with the flow and didn’t set expectations. We started the morning at Model Bakery per a sweet friend’s request, and then headed to a vineyard she mentioned as well. We did a spontaneous tasting and had the most quintessential Napa lunch in a cafe area outdoors overlooking the vineyards.
Then, we explored a bit, and found a fun little coffee stand outdoors near a restaurant and played board games over a cup of coffee. Checkers, anyone?
We topped it all off with a reservation at Domaine Carneros, where we sat on the most amazing deck overlooking the valley. Tastings and samplers were brought right to our table, and it proved to be the most relaxing day we had! We topped it all off with some pizza downtown, because after a few glasses of wine, we needed some bread to soak it all up!
(See the rest of our trip: Part I // Yosemite and Part II // Big Sur)
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Beautiful blog, I’m so glad to find you through RRS and look forward to following you
Thank you so much for following!!
Sounds like such a fun trip! I think that when you have no expectations on a trip and no plan there’s something so special about that. Thanks so much for sharing.
I totally agree! No expectations is so freeing!!
Portra looks so lovely on a vineyard!! Love these. I went to California for the first time last year and can’t wait to go back.
I couldn’t agree more, Esther! And we are definitely looking forward to visiting the West Coast again..we want to see southern california next time!
It looks like you had a wonderful trip! We love California and wine so it’s a perfect place for us to visit too. Your pictures are lovely! Thank you. Julie
Thank you so much, Julie! We truly enjoyed this trip and loved the variety of places we saw. California has so much to offer! Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog!
Road trip, wine and pretty pictures, what else, right?!
Agreed!! Such good summer fun.
We live in Monterey (near Big Sur), so we may have been a stop in your journey. How fun this looks! Now I’m craving a road tip. 🙂
Oh yes! We stayed near Monterey at an AirBnB — SO much to explore!!
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