Days 18, 19, 20, 21 VACAVILLE

A good time was had by all as we visited Vacaville California and dropped into the Fairfield Napa Valley for some wine tasting. Spent some quality time with my sisters and dogs and spouses and it was 4 days that went way too fast.

I will do some additional descriptions on these photos when I have better connectivity.














On 10 September, pulled into the vineyard camp ground in Vacaville, California - in mid _ afternoon. Drove 3 hours from mountains near Yosemite. Town of note was Groveland and nearby little towns-on Calif 120 down from Yosemite.

It all looks like frontier gold rush towns-as if little had changed materially in 180 years.

Later - on got together with both sisters and family for delicious BBQ and cold salad! Plus, a lifetime of memories floating around❤️ here for 4 nites so we will - examine the taco situation and wine selections and report back!

We cooked out, ate out, hobnobbed, looked at genealogy charts, and went down a lifetime of memory lane. 



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