Last month as I was heading home from Clear Lake, I decided to explore a completely different route. This took me to Middletown, in the southern end of Lake County, via highway 29, and then southeast through Napa County, along the back side of Lake Berryessa. These were small two-lane roads, completely new to me, and I stopped several times on the side of the road, grabbing my camera after something caught my eye.

I stopped and doubled back along Butts Canyon Road after spotting this guy with his dog.

I paused to look at Detert Reservoir, just across the road from the Langtry winery property.

After several winding miles along the Pope Valley Road, it was a relief to hit Highway 128 and turn east toward Berryessa, where things eventually began to look familiar again. My last roadside stop was along Putah Creek in Solano County, seen in my bottom photo.