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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Made it to Novato, CA

Here we are just North of San Fransisco in Novato, CA. Another very nice RV Park and more friends to visit today. We are taking a side trip with our friends to Napa today and visiting a small family owned olive oil making operation as well as other sites.
We stopped in Santa Rosa on the way here for some fabulous Mexican food at a restuarant called La Texanita. It had been featured on a TV show called Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, and it was well worth the stop and it more than lived up to its reputation. If you are ever in Santa Rosa you have to check this place out and try their Chiles Rellanos!


The drive down 101 South was supposed to be better than North of here but the road was pretty much a mess with major construction going on. Obviously the infrastructure here in N. California is in need of some help.

We did a minor side trip on the Avenue of the Giants and got to see some of the last old growth Redwoods left in the world. If you have never been up this way it is a must do trip just to see these magnificent trees. The info center had some amazing facts about the redwoods, size (tallest 364 feet), age (one over 2200 years old), etc and had one display that showed the oldest record of Redwood fossils at over 2 million years old. Very interesting displays and a nice break from the driving.

We are now seeing how and why some people do full time RV'ing. This is a blast!

More to come..

Phil & Lydia
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