Day 13 - CALIFORNIA!!, Truckee1st Winery,

Woke up to a beautiful day.  Wanted some breakfast but everything was full so we headed to CALIFORNIA!!!  Woohoo!  Our dream became reality.  Unbelievable.  Went live on Facebook as we entered California.  What fun!  And exciting!!

The surrounding scenery as we entered California surprised me.  I don't know what I expected, but it wasn't the beautiful fir trees and big mountains.  But then again, we were in Tahoe!!

Yes, I had to come all the way to California to see snow on the mountain tops!!!

Stop in Truckee, CA., for breakfast and ended up at Jax Truckee Diner! It's famous because Guy Fieri from Food Network ate there!!  Wonderful late breakfast!  Truckee is a really neat little town in the Tahoe area..

 

After exploring the town a bit, we headed back to the Truckee River Winery.  Oh my, what fun.  They were have a charity Bocce Ball tournament and a lot of the locals were there.  The charity benefited injured athletes.  Lots of music and fun.  We went inside for a wine tasting.  Little place but the nicest girls behind the bar.  There wine was very good and I ended up buying a bottle for tonight and one to take home!  They had 63 feet of snow last year!!!!  I want to move here!!!

After our winery experience, we headed for Vacaville, our place of residence for the next three nights!  But of course, we had to wander off the path because we spied Donner Lake and it was beautiful!  Went down there and took a few pictures and talked to a guy who was fishing and was vacationing at his parents cabin at the lake!  Must be nice!!!!

Once we left Donner Lake and Tahoe, we headed toward and went through Sacramento to Vacaville. Sacramento was nothing to write home about but then again, we were just on the interstate through it.
Staying  in a Hampton Inn and Suites room for the next 3 nights.  Will be nice not to have to pack up for the next two mornings! Plan to explore the area, try a few of their wineries and just relax from all the driving we have done for the past 13 days.  Have driven over 4100 miles so far!  From here, we head to our Home Away house in Glen Ellen, CA which is in the heart of Sonoma and Napa wine country!!

Again, all I can say is WOW!  This has been such a wonderful trip so far with much left to do!!