A Morning in Napa

After the wedding, it took us two hours (with traffic) to drive to Napa to visit D's parents house. In the morning, we went to Oxbow Market for breakfast. More specifically, we went to The Model Bakery. D remembered that we had seen this place featured on The Best Thing I Ever Ate, where Michael Chiarello recommended their english muffins. We tried one, and I can definitely say it was the best english muffin I have ever had. (Ask for it toasted, along with jam and butter).

(It was so good, we almost finished it before I could take a picture!)
Also, the prices were a little more reasonable than Bouchon Bakery, making it a solid breakfast choice. We also checked out the smallish farmer's market which is held on Saturday mornings.

Afterward, D's parents babysat the kids while D and I did a mini-hike at Bothe-Napa state park. I don't think we mentioned this on our blog yet, but we bought a CA state park annual pass. D is determined to get his money's worth, so we figured we should check it out.


We walked until we came upon this cemetary, and then turned back.



There was a small group of houses for the groundskeepers. This was one of the more "lived in" homes.



On the way back we decided to stop at another CA state park site, the Grist Mill.

Can you see the mill? We weren't sure if our pass was good for the mill itself, so we just walked around.




It was nice to have a little time to ourselves, so that was our "date night" of the month.

When we came back, we met up with the kids/grandparents at the park.



k and n really liked the climbing wall.


n surprised us by climbing all the way up by himself (with D close behind, just in case).


The big kid had fun too.