We had a lovely day driving through all sorts of California terrain today! We left the giant redwoods and entered the vineyards once again which soon turned into farmlands then tall buildings (Sacramento) before going back to farms and then Sierra Mountains into lake towns!
Our first stop was a winery called Ceago Vineyard on Clear Lake in Lake County. It was, of course, gorgeous! We even saw the owner there! Not only did they grow grapes, but take a look at the lovely lavender in their back yard!
After I tasted 6 wines and walked out empty (my fav was the most
expensive ... $35!!!) we continued our journey to South Lake Tahoe. We found a cute In-N-Out in Woodland just outside of Sacramento. After driving 2 lane roads for most of our trip outside San Francisco, it was weird to hit the capital city of Sacramento during rush hour! I do love the carpool lane, though. :) Once we were out of the city limit we started our ascent up the
Sierra Nevada Mountain range. It was a lovely drive, but very windy. We did a lot of climbing and just after hitting the summit of over 7800 feet (we went through a town at 150 earlier in the day) we didn't go down the range very much. I'm not looking forward to heading back to San Jose on Saturday! My mama always said "What goes up, must come down!" Our little Sebring is not a good choice for climbing mountains in!
Our lovely $49/night room in South Lake Tahoe has ended up being a timeshare room. It is beautiful inside but we aren't looking forward to canceling that informational meeting on Thursday. Well, we are looking forward to canceling it, but not being harassed to keep the appointment!
Tonight we drove 10 blocks to Nevada and watched "Angels & Demons" at a theater in a casino. If you haven't seen the movie, we highly recommend you watching it! We don't have plans for tomorrow just yet, but it should involve having a workout, maybe bike riding, going to the lake, hopefully swimming ... it's all up in the air!
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