Went up to Hopland via back roads. So gorgeous! I even managed to get Clint to stop for a couple minutes so I could find a Geocache I'd tracked up there!
But it was bizarre cache since - just by chance - it was within a foot of a deer skeleton. Eeew.
It didn't smell. It was kind of old and vultures had already eaten everything.
... but still. Ugh.
But back about that road. It was high up and hilly with perfect motorbiking curves. Very deciduous parkland-y in farm country.
We had a beer in Hopland and chatted up the bartenderette and a local guy. He gave us some ideas of places to go for live music, oysters, and pretty views.
After that, we biked casually to the Russian River Pub. Kept to back roads again. Already been there twice but we love that place. Had homemade clam chowder then a BBQ turkey burger. It was amazing. Both the soup, which we've had prior years and it's the BEST EVER, and the burger. It had bacon on it and homemade pineapple salsa. Sort of a take on Hawaiian style. We topped it all off with garlic fries and a beer. (We were hungry. Ha ha).
I didn't take many pics today. Oops.