San Francisco North KOA, Petaluma

A quick stop in San Rafael to have a walk around a small lake in the downtown area.  Then we set the GPS to the campground but to avoid highways.  This took us far into the countryside and a nice ride reminiscent of Santa Ynez.  Instead of 24 miles on Hwy 101 we went about 38 miles.

All of a sudden we saw a sign for cheese tasting so stopped to take advantage of that.

We discovered that there is a Cheese Trail (who knew?)  Below is a section of the Trail in this area. We stopped at 03.


We arrived in Petaluma and quickly found a place to park so we could explore some of the downtown.  It's a happening place, very picturesque and interestingly has a road bridge which we were able to see a bit of.  Hopefully we will get to explore more tomorrow as we're here for another night.






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