Wine, Bikes, and Mud

All these things go together in Calistoga, a town in Napa Valley.  Calistoga is located on the northern end of the valley and has a small town feel.  They just had a Christmas Tractor Parade the weekend prior to our visit and people were still talking about it.  We planned this trip to celebrate our anniversary last month.  I'd found a cottage rental on VRBO that was nice and quiet for our stay.  We took a self guided biking wine tour on Saturday and experienced a Calistoga mud bath on Sunday.

Start of the 20 mile bike tour visiting 5 wineries.

We had an unexpected warm, sunny day.  Fog was all around the mountains.

We tried and bought a wine that was served at the White House from August Briggs winery.

We experienced our first mud bath.  "The combination of clay, peat and hot springs mineral waters in the mud bath relaxes muscles and joints, detoxifies, and leaves the skin soft and renewed."

More photos on our online album:  Calistoga Dec 2010