Driving across the Golden Gate Bridge, 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.