Sunday, October 2

Here we are in wonderful Lincoln City, Oregon. We are at a Best Western right on the beach, and I can hear the roar of the sea.

Yesterday we drove up the Napa Valley, and took a tour of Castillo di Amorosa, a real castle that is a winery. We took a fascinating tour, and at the end there was a wine tasting of 5 different wines. We took photos, but you can really see it better at www.castellodiamorosa.com . There are photos there, and a video. It is really interesting. It was built recently, but the fellow who owns it did it authentically. The bricks are hundreds of years old, and many of the other materials were brought from Italy, and again, are hundreds of years old. He was collecting things for about 30 years. What he could not find, they built the way it would have been built 700 years ago. It is 121,000 square feet, and on 8 levels. It was really interesting.

We drove the rest of the way up the valley to Geyserville, where we returned to 101 north. Last night we stayed in Crescent City, California and drove here to Lincoln City today. I expect we will be in Victoria by about Wednesday. Marg and Sandy are on the coast as well, and we think we will connect in Portland on Tuesday.

I will post some photos on Monday.