Sunday, September 6, 2009

Back on the road

After a lovely and memorable vacation to Seattle, the coasts of Washington and Oregon, plus an unexpected stop in Salem for a few days of forced rest, we are back to the North State.
Last Sunday, Sam and I were able to explore Butte and Glenn Counties including an old train station in Nord and 5 cemeteries. It was hot, but a good day.

Graves Cemetery Angel

Tribute to Abstract Expressionism

Wall of old train depot

Friday, July 31, 2009

Yountville in Napa Valley

Wednesday was Sam’s birthday and we took a trip to the Napa Valley, my hometown, to visit some old friends. We ate lunch in a lovely restaurant in Yountville and even managed to stop by a Pioneer Cemetery in Yountville.  At the well kept cemetery we saw a dated memorial to the Caymus Native American tribe, the gravesite of George Yount, a gravesite with one of the earliest dates of birth we have seen,  and two very unique gravesites, true memorials for the Napa Valley.


Louise, Sam and John

Only in the Napa Valley