Honeymoon

It's been decided. We're heading West! Napa Valley and San Francisco (skyline above) to be exact. The Tuesday following the wedding, we'll grab our bags, drive to Kansas City, fly into San Francisco, drive to Napa for three days, then head back to the bay for 4 more days. We're looking forward to some good food, good sights, and great wine.



When we get to Napa we will spend the first two nights at the River Terrace Inn. It's nothing too awesome from the outside, but our room looks nice and we have a balcony in the back overlooking Napa River. Our last night we are staying at Harvest Inn. It is about 20 miles north of Napa in St. Helena. We will have our own private cottage, yards away from beautiful vineyards. During our time in Napa, we are going to be taking a wine train. Basically, you get a glass of wine, hop on a restored 1915 train, eat a gourmet lunch, try different wines, and eat dessert, all while winding through the mountains in Northern California.


It will be Brian's second visit to the city by the bay (he went with his Grandma for his 13th birthday) and Jessica's first. We are going to see the standard sights: Golden Gate Bridge, Cable Cars, TransAmerica Pyramid, Ghirardelli Chocololate, Fisherman's Wharf, and Chinatown, including the fortune cookie factory. It sounds pretty sweet! We may try to squeeze in Alcatraz, Muir Woods, and Pier 39, but nothing overbearing. Plus, we have a great little boutique hotel to escape to in the heart of the city. The Inn at Union Square is a stylish little place, unknown to a lot of travelers. (We appreciate the help TripAdvisor.) So in the famous words of the late, great Otis Redding, we'll be:

"Sittin' on the dock of the bay,
Watchin' the tide roll away."