A trip to wine country...

 We went up to the Sonoma valley for the day on Saturday - we needed to deliver some skylights to a customer so it was the perfect excuse to explore the area.  Our firs stop after visiting the job site was the Benziger Family Winery in Glen Ellen.  There we took a tram tour that was pretty informative about the biodynamic way they run their vineyards.  Then we got to do some wine tasting and ofcourse bought a few bottles to bring home.

 Here's a close up of the grapes on the vine, with the cool summer we've had these aren't to be harvested for another couple of weeks.  To the right is Mark at the winery with our goods!

 From Glen Ellen we drove to Santa Rosa, and visited the Luther Burbank home and gardens.  He was quite the horticulturist and came up with the Shasta Daisy.  We like touring old homes and this time we were the only ones on the tour, which has happened to us before.  This whole little house and garden plot is right in the middle of town, with brand new government offices right across the street. 

And finally, after circling the bay we drove home on highway 101 crossing the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco and the drive down 19th Avenue.  I always love looking at the houses along the drive.