Downtown Petaluma is quite adorable with its historic buildings and a multitude of tasty looking eateries. We picked The Wild Goat for dinner and were not disappointed.
Thursday morning was filled with stops to various groceries stores to stock up for the beach house meals. Being that we were so close to Sonoma proper, we thought we'd take Hwy 12 all the way up (stopping for a few wine tastings of course) before meeting up with the Bodega Hwy and then driving Hwy 1 up to the beach house in Gualala.
Although the wineries were not quite the ostentatious properties that line Napa, they weren't quite the small scale gems we have come to love in the Alexander Valley, the Russian River Valley and the Dry Creek region. We stopped in at Arrowood, Landmark, and Benzinger, sampled a few of the wines and then hit the road for the beach house in Gualala.
The weather was gorgeously sunny so the coastal drive was spectacular (Sue may have been holding on to her stomach on a few of the windy roads!). Most of the construction seems to be completed along the sections of the road that previously were washed out (or dropped off) and we only had to stop for a few cows who were thoughtfully "mowing" the side of the Hwy for us.
It was shortly after 5 p.m. when we arrived at the beach house. Roy and Margaret had already arrived and were sunning themselves on the fabulous deck.
What a place to meet up! Look at this beauty view!
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