Napa/Sonoma in a nutshell:

• 12 wineries, 2 days - Hess, St. Supery, Beaulieu, Franciscan, Rubicon Estate, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Reynolds, Cosentino, Domaine Chandon, Girard, Blackstone and Kunde.
• New friends from Atlanta and Raleigh.
• Found the place where I will get married…ya know, after I find a man and get engaged - Rubicon Estate.
• Passing out cold in the car (that would be me!)
• Cheese, lots of cheese
• 10 bottles of wine
• Checking into my flight 45 minutes before take off…and actually making it!

I really want to go back to Napa. 

Photo taken at Mumm Napa, Napa Valley, CA. Summer 2008.

The was a Zoltar at the Santa Monica Pier.

Santa Monica Pier.

Skydive Taft.

Snowball fight at a rest stop on Interstate 5.

Last Thursday, I flew out to LAX with Ashley and Brett for Samsung Mobile’s attempt to set the Guinness World Record for “fastest text message sent while skydiving.” Yeah, I have a pretty fun job.

We flew into LAX and our plan was to drive up to Taft, CA, which is just outside Bakersfield. Little did, we know, a huge storm blew through the night before dumping a lot of white stuff up in the moutains and all the way to the Vegas strip. All the major highways to Bakersfield were shut down, cars were backing up on  Interstate 5 and we took a two hour detour only to be threatened to be arrested by a park ranger. About 7 hours later, and we finally pulled into Taft/Bakersfield.

It was an interesting trip, to say the least.

Read about Samsung Mobile’s world record attempt and see my steller photography skills at work here.