Family time in Northern California

I love California.......so much to do so little time.  So we were in California for a whole week at Thanksgiving visiting my dear Sister-in-law Joanie and her husband Jeff.  They are such wonderful hosts and we had such a great time.  We made Thanksgiving dinner together and it was yummy.

Went to Napa to some wine tastings and a great Gallery where I bought a print.

We ate lunch at Dean & Deluca's under the olive trees and bought some food items......it was fun to see the real place after receiving the mail order catalog for years.

The guys went to a Raiders game Jeff's favorite team.....his garage is floor to ceiling Raiders stuff.....this picture is not very good of the guys........so don't tell that I posted it.

We went to Columbia, California which is an old gold mining town sadly the cold weather had followed us to California from Michigan so we could not pan for gold.......too bad because I know we left that huge gold nugget we were going to find behind........darn the weather.  Columbia is also where numerous Western movies have been filmed High Noon being one of them with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly.

We did lots of other fun stuff like eat at great restaurants......Thai and Mexican, shop at an amazing Design Center where we bought a new Christmas tree and lots of other fun Christmas decorations.  I bought some of the most beautiful ribbons I have ever seen..........but the fun ended way to soon and we had to head back home.  We have lots of fond memories of our visit.......looking forward to visiting again soon........Thank you Joanie and Jeff.