| Santa Rosa is the home
town of Charles Schultz who created Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Lucy in
Peanuts. There is a museum in the town but we never found it. We did however
find many statues of Lucy but not of the others. |  |
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I'm not sure but I think this is a statue of Woodstock, Snoopy's 'mechanic'
bird friend. |
| A very studious Marcie
with Jan looking over her shoulder. A little larger than I imagined.... |  |
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There are several seats like this. We particularly liked the shape at the
top cut to match the pictures. |
| Occupy Santa Rosa - an
offshoot of Occupy Wall Street/Oakland/.... Rather lower key I think. 1%
representing the 98% in the middle who are mostly too busy trying to make
ends meet to be occupying anything. |  |
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So we drove down from Santa Rosa to Sonoma. The Sonoma Valley is much like
Napa Valley only shorter (only about 15 miles) and not quite so upmarket.
You can still get a free wine tasting here. |
| It struck me as a bit
more workaday. Not quite as rich but getting there. Bordeaux rather than St
Emilion. |  |
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Eucalyptus trees are common in this area but not usually this large. I think
this predates the Civil War! |
| They do like the murals
on the sides of buildings. This is more common than graffiti in places we
have been. And it is usually historical rather than political in its message. |  |
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A genuine old car, one which works but is still cared for, although I think
its primary task these days is marketing. |
| The town hall at Sonoma.
It is really quite a small town. The only large things here are trees. |  |
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So après le 'wine tasting' we have le 'chocolate
tasting'. I guess for the tourists. |
| A reminder that this area
was all once Mexican. This is the Sonoma Mission. A bit of history. |  |
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As in England you can get a customised number plate. This caught our eye
just outside the Mission. |
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