A few weeks back we decided to get away for a day before the craziness of fall schedules start! We always seem to go to the same familiar places, so this time we wanted to go somewhere close but different. A family in Aubrey's preschool class used to live in Napa and I asked if there were any kid friendly, non-wine tasting things to do there. This mom was full of ideas of places to go and see as well as places to eat and her suggestions did not disappoint!!
First stop was Oxbow Public Market where we perused the foods and goods just a bit.
Next, we took a walk along the river downtown. We got there a little early in the morning so it wasn't quite time for lunch or a treat, but this place would have been perfect a little bit later in the day :). This particular day was a HOT one and the girls didn't last too long walking around outside, so we tried to find some shade and some fun, cute spots. There's a really pretty mosaic fountain that they girls loved and we even took the time to stop and smell the flowers :).
After we had a bite to eat we needed to take a drive and see if we could get Lucy to fall asleep for a little bit in the car. Even if you're not going wine tasting the vineyards and the scenery are just gorgeous. It was a beautiful, relaxed, air conditioned drive as our littlest one fell fast asleep :). We continued to drive (because we knew that if we stopped the car Lucy would wake up) and sure enough when we stopped she was up!
We ended up driving all the way up to Calistoga to see California's version of the Old Faithful geyser. It was a little pricey to get into the park and we were going to turn right back around when we found out just how much it costs, but who could say no to a little girl who started crying because she had just learned about geysers in a cartoon show and was begging to see one because she "hasn't seen one in her whole life" as she put it :).
Luckily as we were waiting for Old Faithful to erupt there were animals to see, chalkboards to color on and nice shaded spots to sit under.
Then it was showtime!
Lucy lost interest pretty quick, but Aubrey took it all in :).
Somewhere different, fun and beautiful for a day. There's more to Napa than just wine :).
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