Thursday - Lake Tahoe to Calistoga

A day of travelling. We left Tahoe City and headed to Squaw Valley in search of the olympic flame. We were really impressed with what we saw as it looks to be a compact place with plenty of eateries and lifts to chose from. Who knows, maybe one day we'll return for some snowboarding. We were "in between seasons", which is the story of our recent travels, and so the lifts had closed after the winter season, but hadn't opened for the summer season yet.

So, we headed off on our way towards Napa Valley and stopped off at Nevada City - an old Gold rush town. We took a wander around, and looked at some of the historic buildings including a long walk around the impressive Firehouse No 1 museum.

We headed off on the road again, and after consulting the Rough Guide again, we decided to head towards Calistoga as it a) sounded nice, and b) seemed to mention quite a few eateries and motels.

We arrived at Calistoga and had a hunt around for accommodation, but were struggling because we wanted to stay there until Sunday morning, and Saturday nights were booked up most places. In the end we figured we'd only stay 2 nights and chose the lovely Garnett Creek Inn.

After a rest, and a well needed shower we headed off to the Calistoga Inn Restaurant for a lovely meal outside on the patio.

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Squaw Valley	Olympic Rings	Pelton Wheel	Pelton Wheel Close up I
Pelton Wheel Close up II	Pelton Wheel Close up III	Firehouse No. 1	Firehouse No 1 Panoramic
Nevada City	Richard about to get a paper	Richard takes the last copy

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