A Sterling time...

2 blogs in one day! Tomorrow we fly to Fiji, and those idyllic little islands just aren't going to have wifi! (such a hard life!)

We're currently stopped at Monterey on the famous highway 1. Tomorrow we head south to LA along the Big Sur back to LAX... our flight is late, about 11:30pm and somewhere over the Pacific we will lose the 29th May as we cross the date line!

We have had the most fabulous few days staying with Jordan, Patrick and their littles ones McKenzie and Benjamin in Cameron Park, and also with Jenna and Ben in Davis. We've been thoroughly spoilt and looked after!

After Yosemite we headed to Jordan's via the Tioga Pass, which was absolutely stunning...

...bit chilly too!

We hung out in Old Sacramento, eating far too much Salt Water Taffy, and took in some local architecture and politics all in one go at the State House...

We had picnics in the sunshine and a tour of Davis...

...and of course, the obligatory Napa Valley wine tour! (Big thank you to Zoe & Greg, and Nick & Maxine!). We started off at the Sterling winery, set up by a Brit no less! We were swung ever so slightly by the cable car which you had to take to get to the winery!

Alex wore his 'wine tasting jacket' especially for the trip, no posing required ;)

It was a really lovely winery, superb views over the valley and 5 tasty wines to sample over a spot of lunch... fab!

Although, perhaps Jenna had one too many...

After Sterling, we hit Krug for some tasty Reserves, they also gave us chocolate here so we knew we were onto a winner! Then our last stop was Beringer, for 4 more samples, with food. The woman at the desk won us over with the promise of a large sausage roll. What she actually meant was hot dog, but it was rather tasty.

By this point it would be fair to say all the wines were starting to taste rather similar, long gone were the moments of expertly sticking our noses in the glasses plucking out notes of Oak smoked, cherry and cinnamon. At least we had a designated driver to get us home...

Hehe! All in all, a very good day out! Hurray! Here's Alex and I outside our Napa Mansion ;)

So, it's onwards along Highway 1 to LA tomorrow and a sad Au Revoir to our chums in California! Thank you for having us! Much love x x x