The famous iphone4!
At the wedding they had cucumber gin drinks, which is Josh's favorite thing.. so needless to say, Mr. Mead had a GREAT time! He was a dancing machine.. which if you know my husband you know that he is usually a sidelines type of guy (while I'm the drinking, dancing fool). As you can see in the picture, he enjoyed himself:
On Saturday we hung out with 15 people from the wedding and visited two wineries and then went to a great dinner. The first winery was Sterling. It was a great one to start at – it was up on a hill that you took a gondola to. It was a huge building with a lookout deck that was perfect for all of us. The views were spectacular!
After that we went to a yummy dinner and then passed out! We were all worn out from the past two days. One of the best parts of CA is the fresh seafood! Dinner was always amazing no matter where we ate. I think I had my favorite (lobster bisque and salmon) about 8 times during this vacation.
On Sunday we took the Napa Valley Wine Train. If you ever go to Napa Valley this is a most go to!! It was amazing. It’s a 5 hour train ride that takes you all around Napa Valley while you enjoy a 5 course meal and bottle of wine. The top of the train was glass so the scenario was amazing.
After the wine train we visited Artesa winery. They had great wine and views as well. (See a trend?!) So all in all you just need to visit Napa if you love wine!
Our last day in Napa we took a hot air balloon ride over Napa Valley! It was the best experience. It was so relaxing, exciting, and gorgeous, once in a lifetime experience! I have many pictures of it and a few videos on our picture website!
I never thought I’d say it but after the few days in Napa I did not want another glass of wine for awhile! On Tuesday we headed to Yosemite National Park. We spent two days there hiking around and sightseeing. It is SO pretty there! I have a new camera so I enjoyed playing with it while taking all the pretty scenery pictures! We are not quite the “outdoorsmen” family so two days was great. Plenty of time to see everything but not an overload.
On Friday and Saturday we spent our time in San Fran! We stayed at Fisherman’s Wharf. It was perfect – close to everything we wanted to see and we walked everywhere. It was a total tourist trap and we loved every minute of it! We went to the piers and walked around, saw all the sealions on pier 39, visited the aquarium on pier 39, ate fresh seafood on the pier and of course visited the famous Ghiradardelli chocolate factory. Which of course we bought lots of souvenirs from.. white chocolate, milk chocolate with nuts, milk chocolate with mint.. and the list goes on!
On Saturday we went on a catamaran boat and toured around Alcatraz island and the Golden Gate Bridge. We went right under the bridge which was incredible. It is HUGE, I mean I knew it was going to be big but wow, this bridge is breathtaking big! It was very cool, although it was freezing!! It was only 60 degrees in San Fran while we were there and when you’re close to the water it was even colder so I of course was freezing my butt off!
