Day 5 Napa

Well the reports of the snow at Tahoe showed we made a good call for coming NW. Seems they had 4" snow last night and only 4x4 with chains were allowed on the road. If we had got there we would not be getting out easily.
Today became a rest day and an exploration of Napa. The Hamiltons went to a winery and did the full tour. The rest of us walked round the centre of Napa and looking for some shopping therapy. There was not too much of this about to be honest, there were quite a few shop units shut down. However Pat and myself found a huge antique shop, an amazing hardware store and a Walmarts to keep amused.
The hardware shop has everything a handyman could want, I am not joking. They were quiet and the staff obviously bored and keen to help, but on hearing our accents they took us on a tour of the shop. We even got backshop to be proudly shown an amzing range of stainless steel bolts, washers, nuts etc. They even have a small museum collection of very old tools fixed to the walls and they were being guarded by a stuffed wolf and cougar in suitable poses with jaws open. I didn't have my camera or phone with me but tomorrow i am hoping to nip back and get a couple of pics before we leave.
The exercise was much needed and of course walking round you see things like this lovely house for sale, the wine train coming back in over the crossing and more of these pickups.





























Tomorrow the new plan is to head NW to Fort Bragg and o/night there, taking in the Old Faithful Geyser of CA (one of only 3 in the world).

Then we'll run down Highway 1 to SF making up for not doing the next section south of SF. This will put us back on plan A in SF.
The forecast is for showers tomorrow and improving towards the weekend. It has been unseasonally wet and cold today, more like january weather the locals are telling us.