Papa Urb's Grill, Stockton

I was hoping to visit a couple of nearby coffee places and have us check out historic Little Manila afterwards...but first, LUNCH!

And as luck would have it, the perfect place was right next door to the FANHS National Museum...

Risibisi + a glimpse of downtown Petaluma

Our French inspired hotel was quite cute and we were fortunate enough to have a spacious second floor room.  The weather by this time, had become quite gray and overcast with a bit of a chill and even some light sprinkles.

We drove to downtown Petaluma, recognizing the clock tower, the Lan Mart store as well as their other historic buildings (thanks to rewatching "American Graffiti" a week prior)...


Dinner would be downtown at an Italian place...

California Carnivores, Sebastopol

Our hotel in Petaluma would still be waiting for us...

but first, to Sebastopol...

where we passed by farms like these complete with bovine friends...

Yoda & Indiana Jones @ Imagination Park, San Anselmo

From our lunch and coffee break in San Rafael, we made the short trek to nearby San Anselmo...

another small town in Marin County, which is also home to a particular park...

that we COULD NOT PASS UP!

Red Devil Records & Taylor Maid Farms Coffee

I think we had about less than an hour left on our meter and thought we could kill some time checking out some shops around the corner.

It turns out that this area was part of San Rafael's historic downtown district...

Arizmendi Bakery, San Rafael

I was happy to find out when researching our lunch spot that Arizmendi Bakery was closeby.

I mean, VERY close by, as in two doors down from Mr. Pickle's.   Just down the street was one of the main drags in San Rafael that we would later explore briefly.

There was one thing I wanted for sure here and maybe a few other things to pick up...

Spring Break Road Trip 2016 - Day 1: On our way up & lunch at Mr. Pickle's Sandwich Shop, San Rafael

It's time to finally start churning out this year's Spring Break road trip posts...

where we left in the dead of night to do our roadtrip up to the Sonoma area...