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After being without a car for a few days, I hiked to Fisherman's Wharf to get my new rental car. Check-out at the hotel was before the time I was supposed to retrieve the car, so I just left my suitcase in a closet in the hotel. Being paranoid (or sensible, maybe) I took about half of my belongings (the most valuable ones) in my large backpack, so the hike proved to be quite tiresome. I received my car without any problem, and was lucky enough to get an Intermediate
Oldsmobile Alero even though I had only reserved (and paid for) a Compact
.
I quickly made it through San Francisco, crossed the Golden Gate bridge, visited the Marin Headlands, and then drove further North on Highway 1. At Point Reyes Station, I veered East, and headed towards Napa. This proved to be a scenic drive, but I neither had the time nor the opportunity (few obvious turn-outs and too much traffic to just slow down and/or stop) to take any more photos.
I arrived in Napa in mid-afternoon, and after some intial trouble managed to find the Starbucks where I met up with an internet friend I had gotten to know through our mutual use of a blogging/journal website. We decided to catch a movie in the early evening, but found there were no films running for an hour or so. We decided to go for a drink before returning back to the theatre. The movie turned out to be mediocre, and by the end of it, both of us had developed headaches, so I just followed R. with my car on the drive to her place further up in Napa Valley, and crashed on the floor of her apartment for the night.
Short summary written September 2nd 2003, slightly expanded on December 23rd 2004.
Accommodation: R.'s place (Napa Valley, CA):