Today we drove down to Napa. It was raining here, but it was cold. When we got to the highway, we could see snow down to about 2,000 feet in the hills to the west ahead. The mountain was in clouds. Going "over the hill" we were in snow, and the roads were sanded. CalTrans had 2 plows at the top of the hill, just hanging out. Down below, in the Napa Valley, it was cold but not raining. The grape vineyards are all dormant now, no leaves on the vines. I saw some puddled water in the vineyards in places. We are saturated. We had lunch at the Rutherford grill, a place we like a lot. I had great sashimi ahi tuna with salad. It was delicious and light. Stan had fresh trout and tortilla soup, which they do pretty good.
I have to prune the fruit trees later this month, when it is really cold for here. When they start pruning the pear trees around here, I know it is time to prune the apples and grapes.
