Our luxury transport to and from Santa Rosa was a hard-working Bombardier. Probably not known for quiet comfort, this small plane plies up and down the west coast for Alaska Airlines. Well, everything arrived in one piece, including us. We got home a bit later than expected but as they say, a good landing is one you walk away from. By the time we took the train from N Concourse, John's wine boxes were waiting at the oversize baggage area with the car seats and coolers. Then, a merry hunt began for our suitcases on changing carousels. Good old SeaTac.
Boarding the plane in Santa Rosa, we noticed that smart people "gate check" their big bags and then pick them up right on the tarmac, thus avoiding both the $20 fee and a trudge to baggage claim. But we finally got ourselves all collected, and soon a teenage taxi driver was speeding us home.
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| Home harvest |
It rained on our grapes all week, but I doubt the raccoons will be too picky about sugar content.These grapes (white concords?) are a weird mixture of sweet, sour and seedy. No, I've never done anything useful with them.
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| Useful grapes arriving at Sterling Winery |
A good rain fell in the Napa Valley the morning we left, which was unfortunate at harvest time but probably not enough to seriously damage the crop. Anyway, a happy marketing spin is put on every vintage. But I'm sure some vineyard managers felt smug for safely picking and crushing a few days earlier. We watched a steady stream of trucks arriving at Sterling Winery.
And now, a first! I've figured out how to post iPhone videos to the blog. That means you might soon be treated to my jerky home movies of Maya and Nova!
But for the thrilling debut, here's our favorite Calistoga tourist attraction, a great spot for a picnic and loafing around in the sun waiting for the "eruption." This riveting short is the Old Faithful Geyser of California and John taking a picture of the Old Faithful Geyser of California-- it's one of only three "clockwork geysers" in the world.
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