SF BAY AREA DAY TRIP ADVENTURE

Destination: Sonoma

Visit the Petaluma Adobe, explore General Vallejo’s Home, and visit the Depot Park Museum

This is part of a series of family-oriented day trip outings around the San Francisco Bay Area I look forward to enjoying with my kids once social distancing and shelter in place isn’t the norm any longer.

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Destination: Sonoma

1. Visit the Petaluma Adobe
2. Explore General Vallejo’s Home
3. Visit The Depot Park Museum
4. Bonus: Train Town

Visit the Petaluma Adobe

• https://www.petalumaadobe.com/briefhistory.html

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I first visited the Petaluma Adobe in 7th grade, what a wonderful spot for hands-on activities that bring you back to the early days of California.

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo established the adobe in 1834 to support his military command in Sonoma. The primary economic activity was the hide and tallow trade, along with producing crops and grains. Vallejo was taken captive…