More Napa

After the geyser had calmed down a bit ...




We drove around the corner to the Petrified forest.


These trees were knocked over by the geyser volcano exploding and were then covered in ash and pertified. Some of them are big.


Mind you it took a little while ... only 3.4 million years.


The wildlife is also bigger.


The house was built in 1915 and was in need of a renovation.


But the fireplace was unique.


We then kept wandering further up the valley, still in the extinct volcano.


We drove past Healdsburg and started on the twisty road along the river, which I think is called the Russian river, but I haven't been able to confirm this. We stopped briefly at the Hop Kiln winery, mainly because the building looked cool.


We eventually made it to the beach and stopped on the cliff for a look.


Alister seemed to think that the caravan park was a little close to the shore and he wouldn't want to stay there.


The view was quite pleasant and we saw a sign detailing the 30 mile walk along the coast, which looked to be a great walk.


We were also wondering if the picnic tables ever floated away.


Further down the coast we came across some prime beach front real estate.


There were half a dozen spots where houses had fallen into the sea.


We eventually made it to a town called Marshall, which is in Tomales Bay. My favourite oyster place has it's beds there. Unfortunately we arrived just after they had shut the doors. :(


Instead we went to the place next door and had a dozen of the best BBQd oysters I've had. I'm not normally a fan of cooked oysters but I had been feeling a little car sick and wasn't feeling like raw oysters. I'm glad I did as these were very delicious.


We stopped at a lookout overlooking Stinson's beach before turning inland and back onto the freeway.


And finally a familiar sight greeted us as we came over the last hill.


We were also glad we weren't going the other way.