NAPA, CA - With only 30 miles to go today I was in no hurry to get started. Not that I could of if I wanted to, the speaker that sounds my wake up alarm on the PocketMailer went out, I wasn't up until almost 07:15. Even then, rather than heading on to Napa I decided to ride back to Winters to fill up water and get breakfast.
A few hours later and a few pounds heavier I started back out of Winters. On the way I met a couple on BikeEs, "You the one coming down from Oregon?" he asked. I told him I was, "Yeah, been following you on the internet.", I got a kick out of that.
Up the mountains to Napa. The road was a pretty, winding through fields full of yellow wild flowers with the occasional tree standing watch over it, and on past Lake Berryessa. Unfortunately on the weekends lakes bring out the SUVs pulling boats and jetskis. I had to keep an eye out for wide loads but even that wasn't too bad. The road riders were out in force, most of them doing their best to ignore anything not wearing spandex. One rider stopped and talked with me for a few minutes, he said he was looking forward to some chili at the cafe at the junction up ahead. When I got there I stopped at the cafe and tried their lunch. The service was terrible and the food wasn't much better. I guess someone that just rode up from Davis is a bit too hungry to give an objective restaurant review.
I pulled into Napa in the late afternoon and rode around a bit checking out the town. I missed all the vineyards the way I came in, supposedly they're all to the north of here. I called up some of my father's friends that live in town to see if I could stay with them. Lilo and Peter were wonderful hosts, cooking an amazing dinner with pesto made fresh from their garden. They tried to tell me I just caught them on a good night, but I'm sure eating with them on a bad night would be a lot better than what I usually pay for.
Tomorrow before I meet the mayor I'm going to hit up the AAA and try to find some routing information to get into Oakland. I'm unsure what the deal will be with the bridges. My choices seem to be I-80 or I-680. Maybe I can take a bus or something.
And as a friend of mine said, "May the sun of summer shine on your faces",
andrew
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