Oct. 21, Thursday and Oct. 22, Friday

Sunday - We finally had our day of rest, got up late, had a late breakfast, went for groceries and got three loads laundry done; then curled up with our books for the rainy afternoon.

Friday morning we woke up to rain drizzling down and fog, but decided to head out exploring by travelling back north on the 101 to Hwy #37 to Hwy #29 into Napa.  Had a little tour of the town and drove to Lake Berryessa and saw the Monticello Dam built in 1957 when they had really high water.  Today the overflow hole is out of water some 25’.  We drove back through the Sonoma Wine region, both wine regions are just loaded with grapevine fields and wineries, all beautiful on a sunny day. We travelled across to Santa Rosa, cross country to Tomales on Highway #1.  Very different terrain compared to the wine country.  Along the coast it was farming, cattle and tourism that keeps the population working. Travelled Highway #1 till Point Reyes Station then through Fairfax back to Larkspur.  Don’t think we saw the sun all day, Saturday and Sunday calling for rain and fog…

Pictures tonight are a comparison of the Monticello Dam in 1960-70-80's from the internet and the second picture is today.  Gives you an idea of how much water is not there anymore!

Hugs

R&B

Water levels of the 1960-70 maybe 80's ??  It shows the reason the dam was built in 1957!

The cement ring is the spillway!

Just look how low the water is today!

You can see the water line...

It was pretty mind boggling!