Napa Valley Wine Train Trip

Aggie & I left Friday, 4-9-10 through 4-16-10 (to celebrate our 39th wedding anniverary) to Napa Valley to take the Napa Valley Wine Train. We stayed at Canyon Creek Campground in Winters, California for 5 nights. This was our first stay at a membership park which we just purchased. It is part of the Resort Parks International (preferred) network. My rating for this park is M***. All sites had 30 amp electric and water. There were some sewer connections mostly accross the street away from the river but they had two dump locations on the property plus a honey bucket service for a fee. We picked a location right next to the river. The pad was gravel and relatively level. They were weeding ; feeding and; trimming the lawns while we were there, and they were reconstructing the bath room building near us. Two pools on the river were not maintained and no water was in the spa. We would visit this campground again.It rained Saturday through Tuesday but, we had a pleasant stay. We toured Lake Berryessa which is still 19' below full level. It was 33' low before this years rains. We visited a residential 1 acre lot we were interested in buying ten years ago. It had some geological problems so we did not buy, but it had spectacular 270 degree views of the lake. It is a good thing we decided not to buy because the lot is now about 4000 sq feet and it drops off a cliff about 400 feet below. Wow! When we were there 10 years ago, there were few homes, lots of open space with large lots. Now there are hundreds of little 1200 sq foot homes on 6000 sq. foot lots with cars, trucks, RV, and boats parked all over the lots and streets. Not a place I would like to live. On Monday, we had a wonderful time on the Napa Valley Wine Train. Our departure time was 11:30AM and they recommended we arrive at 10:30AM. At 11:00 AM they started the tour with a wine tasting, a red & a white wine. We were boarded in the last car for appetizers which consisted of shrimp, cheese & crackers, & hawaiian seawead. Yummy! The train never exceeded 18 MPH while cruising through some of the Napa Wine Region. I decided to partake in a wine tasting (extra cost) which was located in the first car. (quite a hike). While there our waitor's moved our belongings to our dining table in the diner car. They came to inform us that lunch would be served soon. We had a choice of 5 entries, I ordered halibut and Aggie ordered Cream pea ravioli. We shared and it was an awsome meal and great service. I would not hesitate to reccomend this trip to anyone. On the way back, we stayed at Pyramid Lake RV Resort. I rate this park P** This park is located about a 100 yards from Interstate 5 and this is a good sam park and rated 8/8*/6.5 by Trailor Life camping book. If it was not for 50 amp service, pull throughs, I would rather stay at the rest stop a few miles up the road. Thanks for reading my blog. Happy travelling. Mark