ROAD TRIP TO NAPA

On Friday we left Seattle in heavy traffic and got down to Medford just shy of midnight.  Long day, but not unanticipated.  The plan was to leverage Friday for an easier Saturday.

Saturday's drive was shorter and far more pleasant.  The visual highlight of the trip was seeing Mt Shasta

Jodi's parents, brother and niece were headed for Napa as well and collectively we had rented a house in Napa to use as a home base.

Driving 3 different cars, the group arrived at the house shortly after 3, just in time for happy hour.

The house Ken selected is perfect.  It's an older home, and has probably been remodeled multiple times.  3 bedrooms and enough space for all.  What makes it special is the outside areas.  There's the 'coffee' porch which is a glassed in porch attached to the house.  Perfect for morning coffee.  Then there's a remote 'cabana' with a table and bar overlooking the pool.  There's a hot tub as well.

Kelli likes the hot tub

Pool with the Cabana in the back ground

The fire pit

In the corner of the lot is an interesting fenced in fire pit area.  It's cool, but in practice falls a little short.  The fence that makes it interesting and private also retains the smoke.  So you are slowly smoked while you make your s'mores.

The house also had a sauna and was decorated with an eclectic touch.  All in all in a small city lot it packaged plenty of space to spread out.

On Sunday we drove to St Mary's college to visit my niece, Kylie.  She and her friend Catherine, give  us a nice tour of the college and the town of Lafayette.  We had a great lunch and did some light shopping.   The campus was wonderful and seemed to suit Kylie perfectly.

We also took a short walk to the hill above the campus with a nice view of the surrounding area.


Below is a short video of the events.  You'll likely need a PC to view the video, it doesn't come through on email.