Calistoga Travel Blogs

Everyone knows this is one of my favorite places to visit in the Napa Valley! This is the "sister" winery of Sattui.  Darryl Sattui built his dream, Castello di Amorosa, which I have watched emerge from the hills in Calistoga for a number of years.  I have several sets of pics on my wine …

On our way back to Sacramento for Thanksgiving dinner, I wanted to show Liz another one of my favorite wineries in the Napa Valley.  Unfortunately, we did not have time to do the full 1 hour tour and the prices are actually double on holidays (eeek) so we did a regular tasting and wandered the…

OMG...I can't believe the day is finally here!  Our good friends Steph and Nick from Arizona are finally tying the knot!!! Both Steph and Michelle were in my wedding which was an incredible experience...just wish the marriage had lasted longer!!!  I had not seen Steph or Nick since I move…

The next stop on Erin's wine tour was the beautiful and amazing Castello di Amorosa.  While driving towards the castle we made our attempts to make dinner reservations for that evening, but almost every place we had in mind was either closed for the season or booked until like 9PM, so we decid…

Definitely exploited tourist attractions.  Purchased natural wonders now sold to the public for a hefty price and an annoying in your face gift shop.  But I loved it.  Who cares if i have to pay $8 to see some water shoot out of the ground for 3 minutes.  Something I could see f…

Since we had decided to now have Thanksgiving with my friend Milt and his family, I did not have a full day to show Liz around Northern California.  We were up in wine country the day before so I decided to head back up this way and show her the Petrified Forest and Old Faithful Geyser in the …

Napa/Klamath/Redwood Forest/ San Francisco

after a long time driving on 101 we decidet to head to route 1, the scenic drive on the coast. What a route! every ralleydriver would be jealous, it is fantastic! The route is very narrow and curvy and it is impossible to not enjoy driving it. Another BIG plus is that the street is exactly on the c…

We will spend the day going to vineyards. Depending on what reservation we can get may eat at French Laundry that night.

Road trip to Las Vegas from Sacramento for a wedding and then a few days up the CA coast! 1) Lake Tahoe and High Sierra Mountains 2) Manzanar 3) Death Valley 4) Solvang/Santa Barbara Wine Country - Sideways Tour 5) Morro Bay and San Simeon 6) Monterey and Santa Cruz 7)Napa 8)Sacramento **UNDER CONSTRUCTION-BLOG ENTRIES NOT COMPLETE YET**

Thanksgiving morning, the family set off to Calistoga for the supposedly healthy mud baths at the Golden Haven Spa.  It was....interesting...but not necessarily an experience I'm dying to repeat.  I had mud in places that I didn't even know existed - and I smelled like sulfur for about a …