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Saturday Morning discussing Napa vs. Sonoma:
Boss: "I did a little research and I saw a comparison.  Napa is for the Land Rover, Sonoma is the Jeep Cherokee." 
I now understand this reference since Mike has many favorite car shows.
"We're not Napa people."

 That was all the convincing I needed.

 My boss was planning to go after we finished work Saturday and fly back to Chicago Sunday.  Mike was on his way out to join me and we hung out in San Francisco for a few days.  We decided we would rent a car for one day and head out to wine country.

 We started out early and visited Big Muir National Park first.  

 Then we made our way to Sonoma.  We started out at Buena Vista since it has a lot of history.  Then we eavesdropped other tasters to figure out we would go to Ravenswood.

 I loved it.  I was pretty exhausted from the push to get through my work event Saturday and then Mike & I walked over 10 miles on Saturday and Sunday.  Monday was a good day for a break.

 It was 30 degrees warmer in Sonoma than San Francisco.  

 We changed our clothes, ordered a crisp, refreshing bottle of wine and sat out in the sun.  It felt so good.


 Yes to Sonoma.

 We sure do love California.

 Note: this was a couple weeks ago...but better late than never ;)
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