CALISTOGA EXCURSION

IN FEBRUARY I VISITED CALISTOGA FOR ADAY WALK AND IT WAS ABOUT 60 DEGREES. PEOPLE AT THE CALISTOGA INN WERE NOT SWIMMING AS IT WAS SO COLD! I WALKED AROUND THE TOWN IN THE SHOPS TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE AND VIEWED SOME OF THE SPAS AND THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS. THERE WERE NOT MANY PEOPLE HERE AS IT WAS PRETTY COLD. SOME FAMILIES AT THE PETRIFIED FOREST WERE HAVING A PICNIC. I SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOP OWNERS ABOUT MY BUSINESSES AND THEY HAD FEW VISITORS. THERE WAS A MODERN GALLERY AND THEY ADDED A HOT AIR BALLON BUSINESS. I TRIED TO GO THE HISTORIC BRANDON HOUSE BUT IT WAS BEING RESTORED. I VISITED THE MAIN PARK WHERE THERE IS A RIVER THAT GOES THROUGH TOWN. ONE OLDER MAN SAID THIS STREAM HAS SALMON THAT SWIM HERE TODAY. THERE WERE QUITE A FEW CHILDREN PLAYING ON THE EQUIPMENT.

THIS IS IN WAPPO TERROTORY. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE EATING IN RESTAURANTS. I HAD BROUGHT MY OWN FOOD. THE MOUNTAINS WERE VERY PRETTY. I SAW A DEER ALONG THE WAY THAT HAD BEEN HIT BY A CAR. I CAME HOME AND TOOK A SHOWER AND DID SOME NEEDLEWORK. IT POURED THAT NIGHT AND I READ A BOOK.