After Robert Mondavi, we went back to Napa and checked in.


We then drove north, back towards Robert, but stopped in Yountville for a look around. Yountville is famous for The French Laundry the premier restaurant of Thomas Keller. Yes, we did try and book, and no, they have a five month waiting list ...



It's a remarkably subdued building, it's not out there showing off as a great restaurant. And it was a French laundry in the 1920's.


We then went driving up the 'hills' on the west side of the valley.


I stopped on the side of the road for the above photo and a Turkey Vulture came cruising by, riding the thermals off the side of the hill.




We went back to Yountville and had dinner at a restaurant called Redd, which we did manage to book ! After the delicious degaustation menu, we went driving up the east side of the valley to try and capture some sunset photos.










We went off the beaten track down some logging roads and found this cute cabin lit up by the setting sun.


The trees on the other side of the road looked fantastic with the red dappled light.





We eventually made it across the mountain range and ended up overlooking Sonoma in the next valley.


I found a cave on the side of the road, but wasn't allowed to investigate it, so a flash shot from the car was the best I could do.


After that it was too dark for photos so we went back to the hotel.