Today is a travel day, of sorts. From Mendocino to Salinas is 300 miles and Sonoma is half way. The plan is to check-out and get a picnic lunch at 11:00 when the Deli opens, drive down the coast, find a picnic table and arrive in Sonoma at check-in. We executed with flawless ease. For much of the trip, the ocean was covered in fog. From the road, high up on the cliffs, it just looked like clouds.
I don’t believe that we have ever been to Sonoma before, but others in our party may disagree. It’s a really nice little town. We ate at a Michelin rated restaurant (well la-di-da!). As you might expect, it was excellent. But…the gaspacho was garnished with grilled prosciutto. I told the owner that I thought that the soup was delicious but the garnish was out of place. Deb was having no part of this discussion, she was a half block away when I found her. The only reservation we could get was at 5:30, so we were not really ready to back to the hotel.
We found an alley with an Irish pub, outside tables and a 60’s band with attitude. We might have been the youngest couple there, but the place was definitely rockin’.
Tomorrow we tackle the second half of the journey.
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