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Could it be time to go home already? I decided to go a different way… Out by Skaggs Island, on the north side of Hwy 37… So isolated I could stop my car in the middle of the road to take photos. The Bay far away… Like old California… More to see here, roads I …

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I was joined by good friend Wendy who was on a get-away today away from the fray. On Vicki’s suggestion, we stopped at Kathleen and Gerhart’s place. We were not quite sure what to expect when we knocked on the door. Kathleen answered with a phone to her ear. She was on hold with AT&T …

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Today I started out with an historic walking tour of Napa… down by the old mill…both lumber and grain… but first a scone at the Sweetie Pie Bakery where a funnel from the old  mill takes up part of the seating area.

Started out the day at the Napa Valley Museum in Yountville… With an exhibit of Wayne Thiebaud’s work on paper… But more interesting to me was the work of a turn-of-the-century artist named Walter H. Everett… And his raucous colors…

Getting to Napa should not be hard…just over the hills and dales… but Friday afternoon traffic makes a snail’s pace seem swift.. But the scenery is still beautiful… I stayed in the rest of the day to decompress…I needed it…