Day #3 in Napa

Another day in wine country. This is a very beautiful part of our country. We have enjoyed the peace and quietness of the valley.

We prepped this morning for our bike ride. We targeted Gott's Roadside as our lunch spot. This is a local burger joint, and we saw long lines when we drove past it yesterday, and we simply had to try it out. It was 21 miles out and it seemed like a worthwhile ride. It was pretty chilly this morning and we put on extra layers knowing we would at some point get hot, but at least in the beginning we would try to mitigate some of the colder temps. The ride was quite beautiful and for the most part peaceful. The first eight miles were on bike paths with the remaining miles on a somewhat busy rode, but we had wide shoulders away from the traffic. The added perk was that we had great scenery with vineyards on both sides of the road. As we entered St. Helens, I smelled grapes and as we turned the corner, we saw a grape crushing and processing plant. It was fascinating to see the process in action.

We arrived at Gott's just about the time they opened up for the day. We ordered a burger and split it before heading back to Napa.

We were about 7 miles out, on the bike path again, when all of a sudden, I felt a bee fly into my mouth and simultaneously felt a sting on the inside of my cheek. I instantly inserted my finger to remove the bee, but the damage had been done. I stopped and tried ease some of the pain, but what was there to be done? I drank some water while my cheek began to throb and burn. I could feel the stinger in my cheek, so I kept picking at it until I finally was able to remove it. We continued our ride, and my cheek kept feeling worse and felt like it was swelling. However, after a while it did seem to ease a bit, and the pain leveled off a bit. Now a number of hours later, it is much better, but still a bit painful, but mostly an inconvenience at this point.

We will be heading out tomorrow for El Dorado National Forest and spend several days there. It is on our way and thought it might a great place chill for a bit.

Until laterLue lisää