Lala's Creamery - a highlight of July Northern California trip

Tempted to order this?  YES, I was and I did!

Madelyn ordered a taller delight!

Patty is gonna love me for posting this photo series....

 And one last Patty-in-action shot!  

 Not to be out-done - Here is LaLa-in-action!!!

 Just try to look at this Peggy-in-action photo and not smile! 

 Something must have been very funny!!!

 Back to the cone!

 Gooooood to the laaaaaaaast........

 And as if the treats were not enough of a highlight -

 this story expands because the name of the shop is

Lala's Creamery!!!!!!

 This local establishment is maybe a half hour 

from LaLa's new home in California!!!

 The decor is an old-fashioned-diary-bar - 

which brings back childhood memories for me. 

 Our family owned Terry's Dairy Bar 

in Mansfield, Ohio when I was in grade school.  

What a fun, fun place!  Don't miss it when you travel to Petaluma, CA!

More travels in Northern California

Yes, it is October and this blog draft of another day of the JULY Northern California is still sitting here waiting to be posted.  So here goes....


Re-wind - and think back to July.


Patty is in the driver's seat and LaLa is co-pilot.  Peggy and Madelyn are back seat "drivers" and we are off - from Penngrove to Point Reyes Station - and stops in Petaluma.

Of course we are all smiles.
What's not to like anticipating another day of "tasting!"


First stop of the day - The Cheese Factory.

Fun cookie jar collection inside.

Peaceful grounds outside!

 

Morning travel took us to Point Reyes National Seashore.

Into the visitor's center

Yes, we learned that when you travel several miles

on the west coast, that the sun does disappear.

And the fog may hide the sites.

Fortunately we could see the dairy cows

who had ignored fences.

Patty and Peggy had on their walking shoes

and they ventured the path to the Light House.

Madelyn and I photographed the plants

in the sandy soil that had bushes of leaves

like our Texas Blue Bonnets.

Yellow daisy-like-blooms.

More blooms going to seed looking like Blue Bonnets. 

See, really like bushes!

Next stop The Station House Cafe,

in Point Reyes Station for lunch

This is Linda's idea of comfort food:

Patty had another idea.

Judy had another idea:

Does that sign really say "wild west?"

After lunch, back on the road

going this way

And that!

Wildlife to see

And see

And see!

Patty handled the roads with ease!

She drove us to the quilt shop in Petaluma

just before closing time!

The owner collects crocheted hot pads.

Is this really a question for California?

Maybe for Texas!