Oct 25: Las Vegas

We arrived in Vegas several days ago and will probably stay through the weekend.  From here we head south to Apache Junction and our winter home.  We will stay there for 5 months.

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Stay tuned.....more adventures to follow

Oct 10: Hail Storm in Morgan Hill

We were at a winery in Morgan Hill and all of sudden it started raining, and then it hailed.  And I mean it was large hail.

So we just continued our wine tasting.......

The Vineyards

Suddenly the hail stopped and fog came in.



Another view of the vineyards

And then we returned to our campsite......

The dry creek bed behind our campsite was no longer dry.

Oct 1: Barb's visit to her mom

As most of you know, Barb goes to visit her mom every 2 months.  So with all of our traveling, we schedule a stop in a city near an airport.

After leaving Napa, we headed to Morgan Hill which is just south of San Jose. 
Barb spent 5 days with her mom playing bingo , taking walks and just chatting.

Oct 9: Sea Otters and Pelicans

On one of the days at Morgan Hill, we drove to the California coastline.  We stopped at every beach along the 20 miles section that we drove.  I think there was a beach every 5 miles and at some exits there were two separate beach fronts.

Our most exciting stop was at Moss Landing.
 And there to our surprise were sea otters just frolicking in the water. 

A pelican flew over to check out the otters



Let's play peek-a-boo

Sept 28: Napa Valley

We left Newport at the end of September and traveled down to the coast into California.  We stopped for several days in Napa Valley.  Each day we went to 3-4 wineries for the views and tastings.  It was amazing to us how beautiful as well as how ornate many of the wineries were. 

Below are just a sampling of the vineyards we visited.

Peju Winery

Peju Winery

Artesia Winery

Pegasus Winery

The hills are covered with vineyards.

Artesia Winery through the wine glass