Before we headed over to Sonoma County and Muir Woods, we walked around the Union Square area where trolleys, buses, cyclists, pedestrians, drivers, and subway commuters permeated through one another during rush hour. 

Trolley carrying commuters up and down Sutter

Subway - I am pretty sure this was the inspiration to one of the scenes in Mirror's Edge

Ok, that's enough of downtown for now. The next day, Susie and I rented a car and headed over to Sonoma where we visited a few wineries and did the whole wine tasting thing. I recommend the Benziger winery along with it's tour and wine tasting package.

Benziger Winery, Sonoma County

A Part of Biodynamics - At the end of each row is a rose bush that is used to detect diseases that may be found in the vines

Overlooking a part of the Benziger estate

A view from the back of the tour shuttle, which was being pulled by a tractor

Self Portrait with a bit of calves

Shhh, secrets to Benziger's Biodynamics Pyramid

These older vines are grown in a split fashion in order to yield more grapes per plant

An offer to step out of the sun and into the barrel storage area at the Benziger winery

Barrels - Did you know that it takes ten years for barrel makers to become certified?

Yeah, we appreciate the barrels

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After sobering up a little, we drove over to St. Claude Jean's winery. It was a bit more fancy schmancy, but still worth the visit. I don't have pictures posted from there because I figured I'd get to the next set of pictures, which are a bit more interesting... Muir Woods!

Driving up the hill/mountain and overlooking into the bay area from up top

Susie and I prepare for a hike. Notice that we are NOT prepared for this at all.

Expecting Ewoks to come flying from the trees any minute now

Susie spots a spider web

So the trees in Muir Woods are quite huge. Hopefully the following set of images will give you a better idea as to how big they really are (although I suggest visiting this park in person).

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The path ahead

Lots of neat little areas for people to assemble towards the entrance of the park

Even Flow

So that's it for now. Next and final entry from SF includes stuff taken from my iPhone as I dangerously ride one-handed on the Golden Gate bridge. Stay tuned and Happy Memorial Day folks!

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