Around The World In 80 Waves

It is New Year’s Day and I cant sort out most of the things I need to because it is a public holiday so I go for a ride in the Little Green Surf Machine up to the wine growing region of Napa Valley and Sonoma which are north of San Francisco. You are never too far from the Earth’s core in this part of the world and there is a Geyser at the top of the valley called ‘Old Faithful’ It isn’t the massive one you may have heard of in Yellowstone National Park, but it is impressive none the less even if it does smell of rotten eggs.

The valley is beautiful and I cant resist buying a case of its finer produce. Cynthia at Dean & Deluca has the easiest sale in the world persuading me to part with far too much money for 2 x Longboard Merlot (for obvious reasons), 2 x HDV Belle Cousine (I’m no slave to the works of Bacchus but I believe this is quite a nice drop), 2 x Chateau Montelena Chardonnay (famous for being the first Californian wine to beat the French in a taste test – immortalisd in the charming movie Bottle Shock http://www.bottleshockmovie.com/), as well as a few more to make up a case to enjoy on my travels. 

It has been a great day and I attach my Go Pro to the dashboard for the journey back to San Francisco. It is really too dark because the sun was going down by the time I left the Napa Valley but I got this funky shot as I crossed the Golden Gate bridge.