Traveling through Northern California

through Northern California

Here is our first of many Gulf Oil interviews


Gulf Oil Interviews, Info & More 1

The next video is of Grass Valley where I use to live when I was 6.
I show you a Lutheran Church my dad built. Check it out


Grass Valley

In this video, I show your Rocklin where our whole family participated
in a parade when we were kids. Then it's on to Sacramento


Rocklin & Sacramento

Here is our Sacramento lodging sponsor


Stone Villa Hotel

The state fair just happened to be happenin' so I met my Sacremento host-Julie-who just happened to be running a booth. In this first part of this video I had a problem with my vehicle, so I stopped at Mr. Clutch who was nice enough to computer my van and tell me what was wrong. Then he referred me to a mechanic shop. My mechanic Zach just happens to be grooming for the American Idol throne


California State Fair

Here is our Sacramento restaurant sponsor


Crest Cafe

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The next 4 videos are of Scenic Highway 1

This is a must see. Highway 1 combs along the California coast north of San Francisco.
It's scenery changes constantly. Check it out.


Hwy 1 & John Muir Beach


Hwy 1 & Stinson Beach

I pick up my first rideshare-Caitlyn-and she gives a little history of the area we go through


Sebastapol & Hwy 116


More of Highway 1



Here is another Gulf Oil Interview.
Thomas actually worked for the oil industry and gives us solutions for future preventative measures.


Gulf Oil Interviews, Info and more 4

The next two videos is our first winery sponsor


Riverbend Cellars


Riverbend Cellars 2

And here they are-the Avenue of the Giants.
The next 3 videos are of some of the tallest trees in North America-some over 350 feet high.


Avenue of the Giants-Visitors Center


Avenue of the Giants-Founders Grove


Avenue of the Giants-Rockefeller Forest

Here is our restaurant sponsor. Beverly Wolf believed so much in what I'm doing that she referred me to my first winery sponsor-The Riverbend Cellars. Thanx Beverly


Bizou, A Cafe & Wine Place-Arcata, California

Here is some more redwoods further north of the Avenue of the Giants and wait till you see an unadvertised remote beach shrouded in fog I found by accident in Trinidad. What a sight.


More Redwoods & Trinidad

This journey continues on to Oregon
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The next 4 videos are of my route to Mono Lake


On to Lone Pine

Check out the mountains. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Sierras, Big Pine & Bishop


On to Mono Lake

Check out this eerie looking lake


Mono Lake

The next 4 videos are of Folsom & Lake Berryessa

Here is one of the many parks in Folsom. I just happen to run into some locals feeding ducks


Folsom Park

Here is a fish Hatchery


Nimbus Fish Hatchery

Here are some avid bird watchers-a famous one at that


Bird Watchers

I'm on my way to Napa via Lake Berryessa. Check out the Monticello Dam


Lake Berryessa-Monticello Dam

The next 6 videos are of Napa & Calistoga

Here is our Calistoga Sponsor


Yo El Rey Roasting

Here is the city of Napa


Napa

Jim Huffington of Montington Vineyards gave me a tour of his vineyard.
Check this property out in the next 2 videos


Montington Vineyard


Montington Vineyard 2

Check out this huge castle built around a vineyard. A lifelong dream of the owner and the little town of Calistoga


Castello Di Amorosa Winery

Here is the town of Calistoga


Calistoga

The next 5 videos are of Spirit Lake

I'm on my way from Calistoga to Spirit Lake. At the end of the video I give you directions on how to get to Spirit Lake. It's quite secluded.


On to Spirit Lake

Here is our lodging sponsor


Spirit Lake B&B

Elaine Marie takes me on a little tour of the lake


Spirit Lake
She also does Aquatic Massage. She gave me a session at Harbin Springs Resort


Aquatic Massage

Here is our restaurant sponsor


Havy's Mexican Restaurant

The next 5 videos are of Lower Lake & Clearlake-East Side

Here is our Lower Lake restaurant sponsor


Lower Lake Coffee House

Here's is the Lower Lake and the east side of Clear Lake


Lower Lake & Clear Lake-Eastside

The next 2 videos are of a local yocal named
Carrie. She took me to find some diamonds...you heard right...and we found some. This was the first time a girl ever gave me diamonds. Then  she took me to the local gold mine


Clear Lake Diamonds


Gold Mine

Here is another sponsor


Dave "The Pickle Man"

The next 5 videos are of Clear Lake-Westside
Here is our lodging sponsor


Rancho De La Fuente B&B

Here is Clearlake-westside


Clear Lake-westside

Here is another restaurant sponsor


TNT Mexican Restaurant

Here is the continuation of the trip on the westside of Clear Lake
from the video above along with the town of Lakeport


Clear Lake-westside & Lakeport

Here is yet another restaurant sponsor


Zino's French Italian Restaurant


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