6/28/13
6/28/13
HELLO, WINE COUNTRY
The Les Faneurs French group of South San Francisco recently organized their annual trip to Wine Country. Two Peninsula Tour buses were used: one picked up members at the Basque Cultural Center in South SF and the other met us at a Park and Ride lot in San Rafael. We had spent the night with my in-laws in Petaluma so the San Rafael pick-up was perfect. We were there 20 minutes early and while the bus was not a minute early, it was on time. We found seats in the back - it had made another local stop before ours so it was half-full before arriving. The bus was clean, though, I thought the material of the seats was a little rough. The air-conditioning worked great which was really important because it was a very hot day. Fans above the seat allow personal control of how much air blows on you.
I want to say there were a hundred people total on both buses but I feel like it was more than 50 people per bus. Regardless, the drivers did a great job with our large group. We were first headed to the Domaine Carneros Winery in Napa and cringed when the driver took 37, since it was NASCAR weekend, but Saturday is only for qualifying and less popular races, so we got lucky with light traffic. After Napa, the drivers maneuvered the large buses up the windy road to Meadowood in St. Helena.
Our personal items were left on the bus in between stops and everything was safe and accounted for. The drivers drove safely. They moved slowly in and out of parking lots and left safe distances between them and other cars. I felt confident we were in good hands and really enjoyed the entire day - especially since I didn't have to do any driving after indulging in wine.