Wine Country Trip

Hey folks,

My wife and I are taking a hiking trip through wine county in a couple weeks for our 15th anniversary. We are not huge hikers but wanted to do something we wouldn't do with the kids. It's a pretty organized trip beginning in Sausalito and hiking north following various trails from one winery to another, staying at little inns near the wineries each night. Mostly it's an opportunity to spend time just the two of us and drink some wine...and enjoy the outdoors along the way, but nothing terribly rugged.

Aside from one work conference in San Francisco, I've never been in this region so am looking for any overall tips or suggestions on things of interest to look for while we are there. Also any advice on gear to take along would be appreciated.

From a photo perspective, I plan to take my 7Dii, Tokina 11-16, Canon 15-85, and my 55-250 (mostly because it's light and doesn't take up much room). I have a travel tripod to take along and a few filters, spare cards and batteries, etc. My wife will carry her G16. I'm interested mostly in photographing the landscapes and plant life along the way with a few ''we were there" portraits thrown in. Any thing else in particular I'm missing? Would it be worthwhile bringing along my 7D body as a back up? Flash? Or would the pop-up suffice in the few occasions I would likely use one?

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We spent 5 nights in SFO last fall and 3 of the days we took trips up to NAPA / Sonoma. Visited 8-9 wineries.
Castello di Amorosa was a great winery tour and can get some great pics from, we took the Wine Train there which was also fantastic.
Robert Mondavi's was also a great tour and great for pictures.
St. Francis Winery is gorgeous and the wine/food pairing was probably the best meal we had the entire trip.

The Coastal Highway and along the Russian River is another great place to cruise down for photos.

Muir woods is the popular place to see the redwoods but extremely busy so we skipped it and went to Armstrong Redwoods instead which is far less busy and still great.

The only thing I used was my 6D and 24-70.

Thanks for the tips!!!