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It took 3 1/2 days to get to California.  We stopped in Souix City, SD, Laramie, WY and Reno, NV.  I left my cell phone charger in the hotel in Reno.

We stayed at Dr. Wilkinson's hotel & spa in Calistoga.  It was a very nicely kept up 1950's era motel.  Jonnell wanted to stay there because they have mud baths.  She really enjoyed her mud bath.  The motel also had three pools at different temperatures.  I never bothered to spend much time any the warmer two pools.  The motel is highly recommended.  The next time we go to the Napa Valley, we'll most likely stay there.  The motel was also featured in an episode of "Dirty Jobs" on Discovery Channel.

Here are some pictures we took in Napa Valley:

I can't remember the name of this winery, but it was very nice inside & had an Egyptian theme.

Jonnell thought this abandoned house outside of Calistoga was very interesting.  We had to stop twice to take pictures of it.

These were some grapes at the Cakebread winery.  We belong to their wine club & went there for a wine & food pairing seminar.

Here's what they fed us. It was very good & so was the wine.  I didn't accentially buy a $75 dollar bottle of wine like I did the first time we went to Cakebread.

These were at Cakebread as well.  We didn't take as many pictures in Napa as we should have.

We drove up to Lakeport, CA to go to a drive in.  The road was amazingly curvy.  Jonnell was very unhappy.

But the lake itself was very nice.  We were glad we made it up there.