We left on a Monday, spent the night in Sonoma (California wine country!), The next night in Bodega Bay (the setting for Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 thriller classic, The Birds), then drove back to a Fremont on Wednesday.
My iPad map app gave me several
choices on how to get there. I took the easiest route that started off on U.S.
I-880, transitioning into the I-580, past the Bay Bridge, past Oakland, over
the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge (aka the John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge), to
San Rafael, then transitioning onto California 37 and California 12 into
Sonoma.
As soon as we got there, we toured
the Viansa Winery, then wandered around Sonoma Plaza and several historical
buildings downtown. We also visited with my friend at the Sebastiani Winery in
town, and that night, we had dinner with her at a trendy restaurant just up the
street from our hotel.
The next morning, we set out for
Bodega, stopping at the B.R. Cohn Winery, and then took a tour of the Benziger
Winery in Glen Ellen. I drove farther north to Santa Rosa then took a straight
shot west on Bodega Highway, first to Bodega to see the schoolhouse, then to
Bodega Bay for dinner and the night.
On Wednesday morning, we drove a
little farther north on California 1 to Spud Point to buy some of the best clam
chowder and crab sandwiches I ever had, returning to Fremont with them safely
packaged in the front seat.
Driving back to Fremont was easy –
California 1 to Petaluma, then the U.S. Interstate 101 south to the I-580, back
over the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to the I-880. It was then a straight shot
south to Fremont, where we started from.
It was a good road trip. Good
sights, good food, smooth sailing most of the time. Even being lost can be fun.
I'll tell you about our adventures next.
Tomorrow: Our day in Sonoma
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