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To get to the cottage you have to drive on State Route 128 which runs through a redwood forest. It is a beautiful and peaceful drive.
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Redwood forest.
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Redwood forest. Redwoods are truly majestic trees. They grow very tall and very straight.
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This is the root system of a fallen redwood tree.
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View of the cliffs from the cottage.
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View of the hill from the cottage. This is where one had to go to get mobile phone reception.
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On the second day we went visiting wineries on our own. This is a view of the vineyard at Yorkville Cellars Winery. They carry some of my favorite wine and I…
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Cook, pay, you name it.......
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After Yorkville we visited Lula which had come highly recommended.
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The entrance to the Lula tasting room. I really like the way the vegetation is done.
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The Lula tasting room looking out towards the entrance.
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The artwork is by the chef at the Ledford House. We had a wonderful dinner there the night before and they recommended Lula to us.
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The Toulouse winery estate. This was another of the vineyards recommended to us by the Ledford House.
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Some of the oak barrels at Toulouse.
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I really liked how the barrels, vineyard and trees all came together in this photo.
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This little guy was trying to get some sleep, but we all kept disturbing him.
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The tasting room at Husch Vineyards. This is one of my favorite vineyards and I especially like their Pinot Noirs.
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The fields behind Husch Vineyards.
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From the Husch Vineyards we ended up our wine tour at Roederer Estate which are just north and across from Husch. They make some incredible sparkling wines and…
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Here is another view looking south towards Anderson Valley. You can see the vines on the left.