Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 21, 2013 – 52 F and sunny.  Today we moved to Monterey, Ca. We are at a Navy campground – Monterey Pines RV Park. It is a bargain to be able to stay in Monterey/ Carmel for $30 a day full hookup ( water, electric, internet, TV, sewer) on a Navy golf course. This is a golfer’s paradise. There are about 25 courses around the area. We are planning to stay 3 nights maybe more. The Fam Camp is on the approach to Monterey Airport so you have planes coming and going from 6 am to 10 pm. It makes it a little noisy. The internet is really poor and rv sites and roads are dirt.

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Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 20, 2013 – 52 F and sunny.  Beautiful weather and wine tasting – priceless. We went to Wine country today. Napa, St Helena, and Sonoma were each visited. There must be over 200 wineries in these towns. We stopped and shopped at Beringer’s winery. It was established in1876 and Frederick Beringer built a 17 room mansion. There are caves deep into the mountain behind the tasting area that keep the wines. Jo Ann likes Beringer’s White Zinfandel.  We also, found a Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream shop. Ice Cream may beat wine. 

  

Sonoma Square where California declared itself a independent republic for a month  ( Bear Flag Revolt)

Downtown Sonoma

Downtown St Helena Home of Beringer's

Vineyards near Napa

Beringer's 17 room Mansion (1876)

Beringer's tasting area

Welcome sign to Beringer Winery

Vineyards near Napa

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 19, 2013 – 52 F and sunny. Big football day. Tennessee beat South Carolina 23-21; Ala vs Ark 52-0; Fsu vs Clem 51-14; LSU, Texas AM lost. We got more washing done. It was a great day.

Football on TV and RV = priceless

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 18, 2013 – 52 F and sunny. Today was a day of rest. We washed clothes and looked at our next stops as we go south. The weather is wonderful and sitting outside, reading, and sleeping is great fun.

Nice little RV

Nice 5th wheel

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 17, 2013 – 52 F and sunny. We drove to San Francisco and had a 3.5 hour bus tour of the city and an hour boat ride around the bay and under the Golden Gate Bridge with the Blue and Gold Fleet. We had lunch/dinner at Fog Harbor Fish House on pier 39. Also, ice cream was found to Jo Ann’s pleasure. We got home about 8:30 pm. I did not remember too much about Fisherman’s wharf. It had only been 40+ years since I had been there.

In front of Golden Gate bridge

Under Golden Gate bridge

San Francisco City Hall

San Francisco from the bay

San Francisco Chinese Market in China town

San Francisco from the bay

Pier 39

Alcatraz

I just love this touring

Entering Golden Gate Bridge

Fisherman Wharf Piers 39 - 41

Pier 39

Seals on Pier 39

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 16, 2013 – 51 F and Sunny. Jo Ann and I got a hair cut and shopped at the BX and Commissary. We purchased ourselves 2 muffin pans for corn bread and breakfast muffins. Also, we did our shopping at the commissary for this month. We tried out our ATM card and it worked. We learned it is not a cheap thing to use. Tomorrow, we are up early to go to San Francisco.

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 15, 2013 – 47 F and sunny.  We had a great day! We drove around Travis AFB and learned where things were located. The truck needed gas and only took 20 gallons to fill up. Also, we found some tours of the Napa wine country and San Francisco. We will schedule the tours later this week. The weather is in the 70’s with sunshine forecast for the whole week. We talked to Captain Alan and Mate Peggy this morning about their cruise on Adventure to Bluewater Bay Marina in Niceville, FL and their wine likes. I am sure they will have a great time. BBM is a great place to cruise and eat. We can tell we are on a military base. They have bugle calls at 7 am, 5 pm and 10 pm. It is great to wake to reveille, have the Star Spangle Banner play each day at sundown, and go to bed with taps or day is done.

Adventure

Mate Peggy

Football Day at Adventure II