Dick Vandlen and Mary Napier, who met working as biochemists at Genentech some 40 years in the past, have been on the lookout for a property outdoors of San Francisco to sometimes escape metropolis life after they discovered one up north within the historic Pine Flat neighborhood close to Healdsburg. The 630-acre homestead had miles of trails, wild animals, and solitude, making it a near-immediate “sure” for the couple. Shortly thereafter they adopted their first daughter (they now have two, who’ve households of their very own), and weekends have been repeatedly spent on the property.
