Napa Valley (Part 2) - Napa County, CA

On the 2nd November 2025, my parents and I took a trip to Napa Valley in Napa County, CA to see autumn foliage. I took photos with my phone, and the photos are split into 3 posts. I hope you enjoy viewing my photos!

Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 

This blog post has photos from Welcome to Napa Valley Sign (south), Zinfandel Lane, and St. Helena.

A scenery photo of autumn foliage vineyard, mountains, and trees. The photo was shot near the Welcome to Napa Valley Sign (south) on the side of St. Helena Highway (SR-29) in Napa County, CA.

A photo of the Napa Valley Sign, autumn foliage vineyard, mountains, railroad tracks (right), and trees. The photo was shot at the Welcome to Napa Valley Sign (south) on the side of St. Helena Highway (SR-29) in Napa County, CA.

A scenery photo of autumn foliage vineyard, mountains, and trees. The photo was shot near the Welcome to Napa Valley Sign (south) on the side of St. Helena Highway (SR-29) in Napa County, CA.

A photo of the Napa Valley Sign, autumn foliage vineyard, mountains, people, and trees. The photo was shot at the Welcome to Napa Valley Sign (south) on the side of St. Helena Highway (SR-29) in Napa County, CA.

My mom helped take a photo of me with the Napa Valley Sign. In the photo are autumn foliage vineyard, mountains, and trees. The photo was shot at the Welcome to Napa Valley Sign (south) on the side of St. Helena Highway (SR-29) in Napa County, CA.

My mom helped take a photo of me with the Napa Valley Sign. In the photo are autumn foliage vineyard, mountains, and trees. The photo was shot at the Welcome to Napa Valley Sign (south) on the side of St. Helena Highway (SR-29) in Napa County, CA.

My mom helped take a photo of me with the Napa Valley Sign. In the photo are autumn foliage vineyard, mountains, and trees. The photo was shot at the Welcome to Napa Valley Sign (south) on the side of St. Helena Highway (SR-29) in Napa County, CA.

A scenery photo of autumn foliage vineyard, mountains, trees, and power lines (left). The photo was shot at Zinfandel Lane in Napa County, CA.

A scenery photo of autumn foliage, trees, houses, Pope Street, power lines, cars, and mountains (in the distance). The photo was shot at the Intersection of Allison Avenue and Pope Street in St. Helena, CA.

A scenery photo of autumn foliage, trees, Jacob Meily Park, power lines, cars, and mountains (in the distance). The photo was shot on Pope Street in St. Helena, CA.

We stopped by Downtown St. Helena.

A scenery photo of autumn foliage, trees, cars, stores, and Main Street. The photo was shot at the intersection of Main Street and Spring Street in Downtown St. Helena, CA.

A photo of aircraft propellers, trees (background), power lines (background). The photo was shot at Jodie's Designs (1132 Main St, St Helena, CA 94574) in Downtown St, Helena, CA.

A photo of aircraft propellers, trees (background), power lines (background). The photo was shot at Jodie's Designs (1132 Main St, St Helena, CA 94574) in Downtown St, Helena, CA.

A scenery photo of autumn foliage, trees, cars, and stores. The photo was shot on Main Street in Downtown St. Helena, CA.

A scenery photo of autumn foliage, trees, Lyman  Park, cars, buildings, and mountains (in the distance). The photo was shot on Main Street in Downtown St. Helena, CA.

I decided to get some gelato while in Downtown St. Helena. The gelato was okay.

A photo of a cup of gelato I had for lunch. The photo was taken at Roman Holiday Gelato (1336 Oak Ave Suite A, St Helena, CA 94574) in Downtown St. Helena, CA.

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing the photos! Next time I will have more photos of Napa Valley, and photos from Yountville, CA, and our dinner in Napa, CA. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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Windows XP "Bliss" & Napa Valley Autumn Foliage (Cellphone Photos)

On 27 November 2022, my parents and I took a trip to Sonoma County, CA to see Windows XP's "Bliss Hill" and later we went to Napa Valley, CA to see autumn foliage. I took photos and video with my phone, and photos on my mirrorless camera. I hope you enjoy viewing my photos! 

Parts: Cellphone Photos | Mirrorless Photos

These photos were all shot on my cellphone. I took most of my photos on my cellphone yesterday as I didn't see anything that was particularly pretty or interesting.

Our first stop was Windows XP's "Bliss Hill". This was the location where the most famous photograph in the world was captured. The default Window's XP wallpaper called "Bliss" was taken by Charles O'Rear in 1996 on the side of Fremont Drive in Sonoma, CA. The photo's original name was "Bucolic Green Hills" but was renamed "Bliss" after Microsoft purchased the rights to it. Since I already wrote a lengthy blog post on the default Windows XP wallpaper here, I'm going to keep it short in this blog post.

A scenery photo of a vineyard and autumn foliage shot on the side of Fremont Drive in Sonoma, CA. The photo was shot close to the location of the world famous default Windows XP wallpaper "Bliss". The approximate coordinates of this location is (type into Google) 38° 14' 56.6" N 122° 24' 37.3" W.

After "Bliss Hill" in Sonoma, CA, we headed to Napa Valley, CA to see more autumn foliage. I think we were approximately 2 weeks too late so we didn't see anything particularly pretty or interesting. I was mostly in bed for a bit over a week due to nerve pain and migraines unfortunately.

Our first stop in Napa Valley was Yountville, CA.

A scenery photo of a vineyard and autumn foliage shot on State Lane in Yountville, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 25' 21.6" N 122° 20' 50.5" W

A scenery photo of a vineyard and autumn foliage shot on Yountville Cross Road in Yountville, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 25' 22.3" N 122° 20' 48.1" W

A scenery photo of a vineyard and autumn foliage shot on Silverado Trail in Yountville, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 25' 26.0" N 122° 20' 15.4" W

A scenery photo of a vineyard and autumn foliage shot on Silverado Trail in Yountville, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 25' 26.3" N 122° 20' 15.3" W

A scenery photo of a vineyard and autumn foliage shot on Silverado Trail in Yountville, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 25' 26.9" N 122° 20' 15.9" W

Up next, we arrived in St. Helena, CA.

A scenery photo of 2 vineyards and autumn foliage shot on Wheeler Lane in St. Helena, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 29' 02.0" N 122° 26' 04.6" W

We spent some time exploring Downtown St. Helena next.

A scenery photo of a historic building in Downtown St. Helena. The photo was shot on Main St. in St. Helena, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 30' 17.1" N 122° 28' 09.4" W

A scenery photo of a historic building and a wine barrel Christmas tree (since wine is what Napa Valley is known for) in Downtown St. Helena.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 30' 16.0" N 122° 28' 07.6" W

A scenery photo of a wine barrel Christmas tree (since wine is what Napa Valley is known for) in Downtown St. Helena.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 30' 16.0" N 122° 28' 07.6" W

A scenery photo of a historic building in Downtown St. Helena. The photo was shot on Main St. in St. Helena, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 30' 17.9" N 122° 28' 11.3" W

After we were finished with St. Helena, we drove back to Napa, CA for dinner, however the restaurant (Yak and Yeti Restaurant) I had planned for us to eat at didn't open until 5 PM, so we exhausted some time at a local park called Trancas Crossing Park. This gave me an opportunity to test my new radios/walkie talkies, the Motorola T100 Talkabout Radio (Product Link - Affiliate Link).

A sunset scenery photo from Trancas Crossing Park in Napa, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 19' 43.8" N 122° 17' 07.8" W

A sunset scenery photo from Trancas Crossing Park in Napa, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 19' 48.6" N 122° 17' 03.1" W

A sunset scenery photo of autumn foliage from Trancas Crossing Park in Napa, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 19' 48.6" N 122° 17' 03.1" W

A sunset scenery photo from Trancas Crossing Park in Napa, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 19' 50.0" N 122° 16' 59.4" W

A sunset scenery photo from Trancas Crossing Park in Napa, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 19' 39.8" N 122° 16' 59.9" W

My mom and I tested the Motorola T100 Talkabout Radio (Product Link - Affiliate Link) with her in the car. The maximum distance between her and I in the park was around 0.4 mile. The radio/walkie talkie worked flawlessly in our limited test. I used AmazonBasics 800 mAh Rechargeable AAA Batteries (Product Link - Affliliate Link) in the radios.

After taking a walk at Trancas Crossing Park in Napa, we went to Yak and Yeti Restaurant (3150 B Jefferson St, Napa, CA 94559) for dinner. This is an Indian and Nepalese food restaurant located in a random strip mall in Napa. They had great vegetarian food for me, and non-vegetarian dishes for my parents. The servings were a bit small but the food wasn't expensive either. Note that mild means not spicy at all, which we didn't know. If you like spicy, go for at least a medium. If you're in Napa, I highly recommend you give this restaurant a try. After dinner, we went home.

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing the photos! Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Parts: Cellphone Photos | Mirrorless Photos

Autumn Foliage (Napa Valley, CA and Macro)

It is autumn here in California! I recently took a trip to Napa Valley and shot some autumn foliage there. Also for the second part of this blog post, I got some more macro autumn foliage shots! Remember that blog post I posted a while back? I flattened those leaves out in hopes of getting better shots. Sadly the yellow leaf crumbled, but the red leaf stayed intact. I will also show you the macro photos of the red leaf today.

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• At Home/Backyard Photography 2013 (All Photos)

I first start off with the photos I shot in Napa Valley. This was shot on Zinfandel Lane in St. Helena, CA. This was probably the best shot I got that day. They lighting wasn't that good that day as it was cloudy, but the clouds did clear up for a short while which is when I shot this photo. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 38 29 46 N 122 25 30 W  

Another photo I shot near where I shot the photo above. This was shot on Zinfandel Lane in St. Helena, CA. This was actually the 1st photo I took and the one above was the 2nd. I rearranged them because I thought the 2nd one I took was the best one for this trip.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 38 29 47 N 122 25 30 W  

There was this historic railroad car in Rutherford, CA. I shot 2 photos of it. This photo was shot near State Route 128.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 38 27 35 N 122 35 27 W  

Here is another photo of that historic railroad car. This photo was shot near State Route 128 in Rutherford, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 38 27 35 N 122 35 26 W  

Now I move onto the autumn foliage macro. Since I only had 1 good leaf, I only shot one photo, but processed it differently a few times. 

Here is a black and white process of the photo. 

Here is an abstract type process of the photo. 

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