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Recommendations for a weekend in Napa and Oregon?

Hi,

I am planing a 3-day weekend trip for a 10 year wedding anniversary. I had the following idea and I would really appreciate any comments or suggestions: fly to San Francisco, visit the city a little bit, rent a car and tour some Napa and Sonoma vineyards and wineries, maybe continue driving North into Oregon, visit some wineries there, and also visit Crater Lake National Park (saw it on PBS last night and it's beautiful), and finaly take a plane back home out of somewhere in Oregon instead of driving back to San Francisco. We've never seen that area of the country, and we probably won't go back in a number of years. I wouldn't want to plan this trip exclusively as a wine-tasting thing, but rather as tourism with some wine-tasting and sight-seeing. Also I would like to find some interesting bed-and-breakfast type of places to spend the night, although I don't know if that will be possible for us since my budget is limited.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Igor

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igorcarajo
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My suggestion is "way too much for a 3 day weekend."

One day in SF + two days in Sonoma, or two days in SF + one day in Sonoma, or one day each in Sonoma, Napa, and SF.

You need to realize that from Sonoma (or Napa) to Crater Lake is at least a 6 or 7 hour drive.

From Crater Lake to the Portland OR airport is almost as long.

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Doug Anderson

Agree with Doug. Too much!

But while in SF, be sure to visit the Ferry Market Plaza.

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winemonger

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Ronin

And besides, I think Crater Lake is still snowed in - best check before driving forever. It takes me 10 1/2 hours to drive from Portland to Santa Rosa, and that's with the cops looking the other way... You are going to drive much and experience little if you keep to your schedule

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Ronin

Thanks for the replies. So driving into Oregon is too much. How about taking a day to visit Yosemite National Park? Also, do you know of any bed-and-breakfast type of places to stay at near the Napa valley? Thanks.

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igorcarajo

Also very far. It's four or five hours from Sonoma, each way. Not much time for sightseeing.

Relax... enjoy your time. Don't pressure yourself to "see" everything and therefore experience nothing.

Jose

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Jose

in article snipped-for-privacy@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com, snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com at snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com wrote on 4/12/06 2:55 PM:

You really do need to spend a little time on MSN Maps or Mapquest as you seem to have so little knowledge of distances in this part of the country. You will be hard-pressed to see much of San Francisco in two days, let alone accomplish much in Napa or Sonoma. Driving to Oregon or Yosemite, as the others have said, is not possible as a third stop in such a short time.

You should prioritize what you want to see and plan accordingly. If you've never been to San Francisco, I'd suggest two days there and a day in Sonoma OR Napa. If wine country is your priority, you could spend a day each in Napa and Sonoma, and catch a quick highlight of San Francisco (enough to get the flavor of the city) in one day.

Know too that most people can visit no more than maybe 5 or 6 wineries in a single day..... if they're tasting, so go to the Napa Valley and Sonoma wineries websites, or pick up a California Wine Country guide book somewhere. Plan it out realistically. Three days will just scratch the surface, but you WILL have a great time.

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Midlife

Sounds like a great idea, but it seems to me that you are planning just too much for a three day weekend trip. The way you propose your weekend you will be spend most of it driving. You would have a ,great, very busy weekend with visiting SF, Napa and Sonoma. I suggest that you plan one day in Napa, one day in Sonoma and your last day in SF. You also might consider overnight in either Napa or Sonoma. This will cut down on your travel time so you can enjoy more of the area.

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sibeer

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