Today we took a drive into Lodi which is a town about 15 or so miles from us all the way along the bumpy 12 highway. It is a nice wine making town with more than 80 wineries in and around it. We walked around the downtown and checked out some of the little stores along the way as well as a really good Thai restaurant. Lodi is home to some 7,000 sandhill cranes during the winter at the Isenberg Crane Reserve, but we visited a little too early in the year to see them.

Mike: Nice little town if you want to stay "sloshed" all the time!