So because of the pandemic we had some points we had to put into RCI if we didnt want to lose them. Well, tada, they expire at the end of this year (yes, we had forgotten about them....) plus DVC is not partnering with RCI after this year.
So we started looking around for some where to go with the limited number of points we had - and we didnt want to have to do plane travel at the end of the year.....finally found a studio in Napa that met out schedule and travel so we booked it... arrived on Sunday and we are leaving Friday.
Mentioned to our daughter we were driving by and we had something to drop off for our grandson - so she invited us to dinner. And a very good dinner it was! Pork chops (which husband loves) with apple slices, stove top stuffing, green beans with a very good lemon and pine nut sauce, and an apple spice cake for dessert! And I have a lovely small glass of wine - Primitivo by Garre Winery (Our Story - Garre Vineyard & Winery (garrewinery.com)). Needless to say we arrived in Napa way after dark.
And this place is HUGE and confusing and it is dark out.....LOL. Got checked in - and ducked out of their sales talk that of course they want to give (this is a Wyndham resort - Meritage - and we had a frustrating and irritating sales talk with Wyndham in another state - so no thank you!).
The 'front door' complete with doorbell!
The actual door into our room
The studio room is lovely - there are some irritating things, because nothing can be perfect - but the room is nice considering it is a studio. (I will hold off posting this so I can add photos). The first irritation is that online they do not list/show that the studios have a washer and dryer but they do! The very very small irritation is that although they supply 2 packets of soap - no dryer sheets! Which I would have brought if I had known....
Another irritation is that the evenings/nights/mornings are COLD! But to warm up the room you turn on the heater right? Well it is SO LOUD - it is like standing next to an airplane warming up its engines! so you literally cannot hear TV or each other when it is on!
My other irritation is on me - when we packed on Sunday I checked temperatures for the week. And so I packed for temperatures in the low 60's. I should have known better - come on - how long have I lived in California?! Today is supposed to be 69 degrees, and tomorrow 71....
So it is just a kick back week. Nothing really planned. Husband is playing golf this morning (it was 36 degrees when he left!).
Yesterday we walked around Napa. Some beautiful buildings and houses, some interesting factoids. But lah-de-dah stores which are just not our thing. I picked up a few (a very few) tchatckes for presents....
Had lunch at Gotts Roadside at the Oxbow Market (Menu | Gott's Roadside (gotts.com)) and eh....
Nice to know they cook the food when you order it - took over 15 minutes to get it. I had the home made lemonade - very ehh, It wasnt too sweet or too sour - it was jsut kind of tasteless. The hamburgers were great! The order of french fries were cold - and cold french fries are nasty (can I jsut say we did not finish them?). And the "large" chocolate milkshake was smaller than my regular sized lemonade! He said it was ok - I tasted it (even though I dont like chocolate) and thought it was gritty tasting.
So of course we werent hungry for dinner. So we walked across the street to the "grocery" store (think resort + Napa = pricey). We bought a sandwich and a salad to split and they both were very very good!
No wine tasting yet - we do have a reservation today. Yesterday we were in Napa too early in the day - wine tasting did not appeal to us at that time and many we were not open (tasting rooms downtown I mean). A bottle of red wine came with the room - we havent cracked it yet - decided the white wine we brought with us went with turkey sandwiches better!
Tomorrow we are going to drive over to Sonoma - we havent been up here in maybe 4 years? So we are going to wander around and check out the State Park things again - and there is an Italian Restaurant there that we enjoyed the last time we were there - so we hope to visit them again! No other plans - wherever our fancy takes us tomorrow!
This tiny little sliver of a soap cracks me up. There are 3 of them ....each of them this tiny little size - a true sliver, they are so thin! Use them once and the break up because they are so thin!
Husband has a tee time for Thursday too - but he is talking about cancelling it - I dont know - we will see.... (edit: he cancelled it - said he enjoyed the public course more than the private one with too many rules)
Last week we had the cutest visitors in our front yard - a small doe and a small buck. I dont know - they looked so young I am hoping they are brother and sister! They wandered around our front yard - headed across the driveway and headed away. Bucky stopped to nibble on our little tree but he was not impressed - and when I looked at the tree the next morning he must have literally just tasted it and did not like it - I didnt see any nibbled leaves!
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