I've done the Tour of Napa Valley and it was a great ride, great
scenery, and about as difficult as the Chico Wildflower. I recommend
it if you haven't tried it out.

--- In chicobikerides@yahoogroups.com, "jrawlinsatshocking"
<jrawlins@...> wrote:
>
> While doing the Tour de Lincoln Saturday I heard about a very cool
> century I didn't know about: the Tour of the Napa Valley. If you
> google it you'll see why it's sweet. I avoid the Wine Snob One
> Hundred mentality of the Napa/Sonoma centuries like the plague, but
> this one isn't through the wine country, it's through the very nice,
> lightly traveled, rolling hill roads north of the valley, south of
> Berryessa (the Pope Valley area). And you get homemade cookies. I
> thought I'd pass it on, though I can't do it myself because I'll be
> riding the Mountain Bike Oregon weekend. The website thoughtfully
> gives exact ride routes (always love a century that does that). Jay
> R.
>