Translate

Friday, April 24, 2015

Trip up the coast to Sanoma

Driving across the Golden Gate Bridge, California

Mir Beach California



Coast South of Stenson Beach, California



Harbor Seals resting on sand bar





Driving through Redwoods, California

 
Lucas Valley, California



Lucas Valley, California





Sanoma City Hall, California

Sanoma's historic town center.

Sanoma City Hall, Park


The Sonoma Barracks (El Cuartel de Sonoma) 
is a two-story, wide-balconied, adobe building facing the central plaza of the City of Sonoma, California.
 

It was built by order of Lieutenant (Teniente) Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo to house the Mexican soldiers that had been transferred from the Presidio of San Francisco in 1835 as part of the secularization of the Mission. The Presidial Company and its commander, Lieutenant Vallejo, were also responsible for controlling the Native Americans living on the northern border of Mexican California.


On June 14, 1846 the Pueblo of Sonoma was taken over by a group of American immigrants seeking to establish their own California Republic



The Barracks became the headquarters this short-lived insurrection that later known as the Bear Flag Revolt.

A walk in an outer neighborhood

Sanoma Creek

Country Club Drive

Vineyards everywhere.

Vineyards all along the valley.