Day 19: Friday, July 20, 2012

We started this day off with more Doubletree cookies and then a stop off for coffee.  Then we headed out to tour Sterling Vineyards in Calistoga, CA (still in Napa Valley).  I actually do not drink, but you don't have to to appreciate the beauty and process of owning a vineyard and the time that must be put in  to produce their products.  Most are owned by families and in Napa, it's seems like the Vegas strip along Hwy 29, only with vineyards....just one after another.  The views were gorgeous.

Sterling Vineyards was unique because guests have to take an AirTram (kind of like an enclosed ski lift cart) up the mountain in order to tour the winery and view the vineyard itself.  That was fun!

View from the Air Tram

The bells at their winery were actually salvaged from a 16th century London church

AirTram!

After our tour we headed a few minutes back into town to eat at Gott's Roadside - a little burger joint off the highway that was recommended to us by several people and with good reason...it was de-lish!  It was packed too with locals and tourists so it's easy to believe the hype.

From there we set off on a bit of a longer drive to Medford, Oregon just to stop through for the night on our way to Portland, OR.  First things first - we ate as soon as we arrived at Kaleidoscope Pizzeria in town.  Lots of local families there and it was delicious (reminded me of the Mellow Mushroom)

Lake Shasta

Mountain Sunset

Then it was off to the Rogue Regency Inn for the night...