Napa Yard

Napa's food hall: everyone picks from a different vendor (oysters to empanadas to ice cream), with picnic tables outside.

Gott's downtown Napa outpost at Oxbow Public Market: same burgers and shakes, shorter waits than upvalley, and the whole market around it for dessert.

Family cooking classes in the Culinary Institute of America's teaching kitchens, with a food museum in the same building.

Downtown Napa's riverfront green: a big open lawn for running, public art, and the Napa River, steps from Oxbow Public Market.

The Gourmet Express Lunch is three hours with a reduced fare for kids 12 and under; there is a changing table in the station but none on the train.

Downtown Napa's full-service stay across from the Wine Train depot and Oxbow Market: a heated riverside pool, suites with kitchenettes, and everything downtown walkable with a stroller.