Entry for August 19, 2007

John and I left town for our 24th anniversary. We left town Friday morning, after I got off work. I tried to sleep in the car, but that wasnt going to happen. For so long, when we go out this way, I have wanted to stop in Sonoma and have lunch, just to break upo the ride. John always wants to go on until we get to Petaluma, then we stop at McDonalds. OH Boy. This time John decided to stop in Sonoma, and i was so happy. Its not like its that far out of the way, and they have the best bread and cheese. So we stopped, and went into the deli we have stopped at so many times in the past, when we lived in that area. There was cheese and bread samples, and we samapled them. OH Yum. I bought a wedge of Pesto Jack, and a french roll. John brought some Salami, and I made little bites as we drove. It was so good, I wantedn that taste so bad, and finaly got it again.

We took the long way to our destination, and enjoyed the ride this time. John showed me where his Uncle that recently passed away lived. Can you beleive that, we ahve been married 24 years, been together 28, and I had never seen his uncles place. He lived in the next little town over. Its sold now, so we couldnt go into the yard, or look inside the house, but I finally got to see it. It was nice to finally see that little place.

From there we drove out to Sebastipol, and bought soem apples. they grow applae out there, its waht theyare famous for. We also drove through Cotati, where we used to live. In all these places, we were sorta lost. everythting was so built up and new. We couldnt even find the apartment we used to live in.

then we went on to the russian river, stopping in at the Korbel winery. Wow, those wines gaves us both instant heartburn. They acted like we wernt there, just ignored us, instead of treating us like they wanted to sell us something. I guess they are so good, they dont need to try anymore. So Korbel is out of our line of wine. Even if it did give us heartburn.

We we meandered our way up to Occidental and checked into our room. I took a nap, cus I couldnt keep my eyes open any longer. John went down to the pool and smoked his cigar, it was hot, and beautiful out. He woke me up at 5, ands we went to dinner. I can go on and on about every bit of this little overnight trip, but I can tell this is getting a little wordy.

I have to tell ya this though, Saturday on our way home, we drove along the coast. We stopped and I took a few videos of our beach. They are beautiful, but they wont download for some reason. I dont know what is going on. I started getting frustrated trying to figure out why it wont work though.

So, on that note, I will sign off here. We did have a great anniversary, a great trip. I cant wait to go back again. If I can get the video to download I will put it here. Hope your all having a great weekend.