Awake: 6:45am Temp 47 sleep 6+24 sunny overnight @ West Sacramento, CA.
1st thing this morning, I get up on the roof & clean off a lot of seeds & palm tree limbs from the winds of last night. No damage was found however.
Mary Ann & Randy arrive at our motorhome about 11:00am to start today’s adventures. We sit & talk for awhile, then Randy drives us to Old Town Sacramento & truly this section of Sacramento is an old town. For now, Randy just gives us a brief overlook by car, then parks in a parking garage. From here, we walk to the California State Capital building in downtown Sacramento.
The next guided tour is (45) min away so we find the Tex-Mex café & each eat ½ of a sandwich to ward off any hunger pains. I believe the state capital had moved (6 or 7) times in different cities in California before becoming permanent @ Sacramento in 1874.
Our (1) hr tour with Ms Kathy, our tour guide was quite interesting & informative. She is originally from Greece and is a history teacher so she was very knowledgeable and quite willing and able to share her knowledge with us. The Assembly room (House of Representatives) is done in bright green giving us the feeling of being very alive and energetic contrasted with the Senate room done in reds & mauve which gave us the feeling of calm & restfulness.
After our tour, we exit the Capital, walk down K Street to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament & pay our respects to our faith by saying a few prayers. Then we amble thru the church taking in its beauty. Mary Ann tells us the church recently finished an updated renovation.
Continuing west on K Street, we parallel the light rail system, go thru the indoor/outdoor mall, thru the people tunnel & arrive back at Old Town Sacramento. Now Randy gives us a casual walking tour of this old town; the loading dock next to the Sacramento River where (2) period riverboats are moored, one permanent having been converted to a hotel & the other, a dinner tour boat.
Darkness & hunger are upon us as we walk around & view these old buildings; we scrutinize a few menus @ restaurants & cafés along the wooden sidewalks & take a chance on eating dinner @ an old (5) story building called: “Fanny Ann’s Saloon.” Well, it turned out to be a local hangout & a great place to eat hamburgers, salads, drink a beer & share stories about the trying times of our growing up, getting married, raising children, etc. It’s been another wonderful day with Mary Ann & Randy. They drop us off @ our bus @ 7:30pm where we say our “thanks & goodbyes” for now. This family has their act together; they do well keeping in touch with their children, helping when they can & enjoy each other. We sincerely hope to see them again in PA next summer.
Evening movie: “Wrong Box” with John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Nanette Newman, etc. Scramble for inheritance is basis for wacky black comedy set in Victorian England.1996. Wackiness tells the story; the British humor wasn’t humorous enough.
Lights out: 12:17am
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