Jerry showed us a lot of lovely scenery throughout the valley. Temperatures during the Schmooze weekend reached the high 80's, setting a new record for March.
At some point, Bonnie Saligo and Robert Inch arrived, having made a two-day drive from Vancouver. We all met for dinner at Uva Trattoria, a restaurant in downtown Napa. This is a town that shuts down early. By the time we finished dinner and walked a few blocks, the local gelato shop had closed. The evening ended early by Schmooze standards. I was beginning to feel unwell, and by morning it would be clear that I was infected with the same bug that had flattened Eric.
As the car got more crowded, Jessica volunteered to sit in backNapa claims to be the birthplace of the loudspeaker, as documented on a downtown monument.