Sonoma & Bodega

Back in June, Becks and I decided to spend a Saturday driving in the back country. Our first stop was the beautiful town of Sonoma. This was my first time there, although Becks had been there quite a few times. It reminded me of an old Mexican town, although I've never been to Mexico. Everything centered around the town square, which consisted of a nice park, frequented by picnicers. We went stopped by a local bakery for some pastries, an ice cream shop for some Lappert's ice cream, and then the Sonoma Cheese Factory some free cheese sampling. They had cubes of cheese and toothpicks in front of every type of cheese for sampling.

We then made our way, more like lost our way to Bodega Bay. Although my initial plans were to drive the back roads of Sonoma eventually to Petaluma, I made a couple of wrong turns that took to the halfway point on old Lakeville Road. We attempted to make it to Doran Beach in the Bodega area, which came highly recommended, but were scared off by the line of cars attempting to enter the gate at 3 in the afternoon, which by the way charged a $5 entrance fee. So we turned around and attempted to find somewhere free to get beach access. We eventually found the Bodega point area, which had beautiful views of the ocean, and a small beach area to relax in the sand. After spending our time at the beach, we made our way back to Petaluma to do some shopping at the outlets, which I might add, was pretty nice.