Hot, Hot, Hot

Jamie, Pam and Linda arrived about 10:45 pm last night.  We helped them to get checked into their rooms..  Jamie and Pam have the nicest room.  It is a suite.  It is great because it gives us a nice place to congregate.

Debbie, Joe and I met early to go for coffee at Calistoga Roastery. It was a great place.  Then we all gathered at 8 am to go for breakfast at 8 am.  We went to the Cafe Sarafina.  Food was good but it was extremely noisy and we could not all sit together.

Debbie and Joe

Jamie and Pam

Steve and Jennifer

Event of the day was to go to the Bothe State Park and walked the redwood trail.

are we lost yet?

poison oak was everywhere

pretty trail but it was starting to heat up, so it was time to head back and go to lunch and then the pool.  We ate at the Calistoga Roastery.  Great sandwiches.  

The pool felt great  Next time I will wear sandals to the pool  The cement was burning.  

After the pool it was time to head out for ice cream, window shopping, wine tasting and rambling until dinner.  We went to 2 wineries.  

Up Valley Winery we had a mix of red and white.  Some people had a white flight, some and red and Debbie and I did a little of both. Then we went next door to the Huge Bear Winery, which happened to be in an old bank.  Both of these were just tasting rooms.

Time for dinner

A fabulous Italian restaurant Hotel D'Amici.  

I had a very tender steak and potatoes.

dessert was ice cream from a different place.  This was a local ice cream place.  I guess it won the price.  so we will probably be back.  I was able to resist the ice cream both times.  Figured that I was having the wine.

Then we gathered to try to figure out tomorrow's schedule.  I think that we have a plan.  

One thing we had not calculated on when we made the plan to come here was on hot it was going to be.  It was 97 yesterday and 93 today.  This had reduced the number of options of activities.  Oh well.  We are still finding enough to do.