Hey y’all! We just spent a jam-packed week in the big city! San Francisco and the beautiful bay area… We were fortunate enough to be there for the 50th anniversary of the “Summer of Love” – how cool is that? The city had lots of groovy events to commemorate the occasion, including a concert in Golden Gate Park. So fun! Of course, I enjoyed just hanging out with Jerry in Haight-Ashbury (see pic). Peace & love! I was also able to take a few sound healing classes at the world-renowned, Globe Institute. I learned a lot of amazing stuff, so don’t be surprised if you find some original “meditation ” MP3s in your inbox in a few months. More on that later…
Then there’s….Wine Country!! Yes…we visited Napa and tasted some fantastic wines. Fisher’s grandmother (AKA, “Bana”) joined us for the week, so we had to go drink some wine! 
My favorite by far was Rombauer Vineyards. I met Colonel Rombauer at a Sea Island wine tasting back in the 90s, and he gave me a quick lesson on wine-making. I always knew I’d visit his vinyards one day. And I was not disappointed! Spectacular views, beautiful gardens and, of course, the wines were delicious. If I had it to do all over again, I think I might have been a wine-maker. Hmmm…maybe it’s not too late??
We also went to Sonoma, but not so much for wine…for NASCAR! Fisher and I had a blast watching the “road-course” race, cheering on his favorite driver, Dale Jr (he didn’t win…bummer). We had great seats right behind the pits, so we could see all the action. And we were able to walk the track after the race. Well, it was 2 1/2 miles and very hilly, so we walked some of it. Whew!
Finally, we drove over to Berkeley to see the University of Callifornia. Fun fact… my great, great, great grand-uncles, Joseph & John LeConte were professors/founders of Cal back in the late 1800s. Joseph was a geologist and a close friend of John Muir (we visited Muir Woods, north of San Fran…gorgeous trees!) and John was a doctor, scientist and physics professor. They were both very important to the newly established university…in fact, a street in Berkeley is named after them and one of their physics buildings is named after John (see pic). Hard to believe I have such intellectual ancestry. Ha!
Next stop… northern California. This tree hugger can’t wait to see more big Redwoods!
Love, KP
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Redwoods!! Everywhere! We had a really fun time roaming through the trees in northern Cal. This pic is from our hike of the Drury-Cheney trail just north of Redcrest, CA…we found a fallen Redwood and “walked the plank”. So beautiful…felt like we were on a movie set, but it was the real thing. Check out the scale of these creatures (I couldn’t get the whole tree in one shot)…even my Jeep and kayaks look tiny! 
Driving through the “Avenue of the Giants” (a street built right through a Redwood forest) was quite daunting, especially with a 31 foot motorhome and a Jeep in tow!
