Next up: Napa

We made the mistake of taking advice from a guidebook and visiting “family-friendly” Black Stallion Winery. No tours were available, but hey, it was mid-day, mid-week, so what did we expect? There was no family friendliness to be had and I was very surprised by the staff’s lack of congeniality. Thankfully, Peter & I just shared the $20 tasting (remember when the tastings were free??) and didn’t waste a whole lot of time or energy there. Since I’m writing this after-the-fact, I have a suspicion that tomorrow’s winery tours will be a whole lot better.

Black Stallion Winery. At least the entrance was pretty

After the meager sips of wine, we headed to Oxbow Public Market, home of the famous Three Twins Ice Cream. Yeah, I had to ask, so here’s the story: the company was founded by three people – twin brothers and a woman who is also a twin. She happened to marry a twin too. Too many twos. Since the girls and I are also three twins, we just couldn’t resist.