Lakejumper wrote:
Bikendan, we have driven through the fire areas. The road between Calistoga and Santa Rosa (Mark West Springs) was devastated and part of Kenwood and Glen Ellen were affected (mostly adjoining neighborhoods). But all of the quaint towns, wineries (a few were impacted), shops, etc. were spared. In the Napa area it stayed mostly on the hills between Napa and Sonoma. In my opinion, there is no reason to avoid the area.
That's not the reason why.
As former residents of Napa and me a longtime resident of Sonoma County, it's the pain of seeing our once home region devastated and so many of our friends losing everything.