Our afternoon of travel from Rancho Cordova to Calistoga started out great. We got some fuel in the Moho and then went to Applebees for dinner. After dinner, when we set out for the second half of our trip to Calistoga, we found that we had no lights on the instrument gauges. We figured out that we had blown a fuse. So, we ran over to the autoparts store across the way to pick up the right ones, plugged it in and found that the fuse blew again. So, we figured oh well, I'll turn on the map light on occasion to check the gauges and press on. What we didn't realize, but found out about a half hour later was that we had no Marker Lights! YIKES! It turned out when the fuse for the Instrument lights went, it took the marker lights fuse with it. So, we made our way to the nearest off ramp and to a Safeway parking lot to resolve the situation. After a little looking, we found the blown fuse for the marker lights, got it replaced and got back on the road. We got in to Calistoga Thursday night around 11:00 PM.
On Friday, we had a wonderful day here in Calistoga. We first went to the Sharpsteen Museum. Mr. Sharpsteen had worked with Walt Disney on many animated movies in the early years, and at this wonderful museum, Carol and I got as close as we probably ever will to an academy award! There are many wonderful dioramas here as well as exhibits from the history of Calistoga, as well as other aspects of California History.
After thoroughly enjoying the Sharpsteen museum, Carol and I went and split a Turkey burger and some fries at the Hydro Grill on Lincoln street, which is the main drag here in Calistoga. This is a great little eatery where they purport to have the best Burger in Calistoga. Though we didn't get a chance to sample any other Burgers while in town, their turkey burger was pretty darn good. After we had lunch, we did a lot of window shopping up and down main street here in Calistoga. This is a wonderful area where we would definitely like to revisit, maybe in the summer time. It's nice and flat here, so walking is really easy. The weather this weekend was a little rainy, but this has been a very dry winter, so we are glad to see the rain.
Calistoga use to be a major train depot in the area. There is a section of town near the train depot where there are old rail cars lined up and turned into shops. This is a very cool section of town. There was a couple of art studios, real estate offices and even a candy store located in the various rail cars.
After we finished up on Mainstreet, we thought we would drive around and see what we might want to check into Tomorrow, Saturday on the second day here. We located where the Grist mill is as well as St Helena and the Old Faithful Geyser in Calistoga. Well, since the Geyser was open until 6 and we got there at 5, we thought we would check it out! Though the Geyser erupts every 30 to 40 minutes, we thought for sure, we would get to see it go off before the attraction closes. Well, it turns out that when it rains, it erupts more often. It turned out that it would erupt every 7 to 10 minutes which was very cool. We enjoyed checking out the geyser as well as various goats and Lamas that they had on the property.
Tomorrow, we are off to The Petrified Forest, The Bale Grist Mill and St. Helena. Yay! We are having a great visit here in Calistoga, and can't wait to have more fun, though we don't know how that is possible, tomorrow.
Happy Camping! Eric and Carol!
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