After a few adventurous days in Yosemite we headed north to Sacramento. These are our old stomping grounds from Law School days. We lived just 10 minutes west of Sacramento in a town called Davis. This is where Reed was born...but we moved down south when he was 2 1/2. We stayed with our good law school friends Mike, Erin, Kayla & Brooke Johnson. Our first day in Sac was spent going around Davis showing the kids where we lived and where Reed was born...and eating all the good food we have missed while away. Especially the Cookie Company Cookies....mmmmmmmmmmmm!The next day we headed to the Capitol.
We had a private guided tour through the Senate & House and were able to go behind the ropes into the Treasury Office and Historic Governors Office.
We did'nt get our private appointment with Arnold to voice all of our concerns about the State's education system or how WE would balance the budget. The guide said that Arnold is never there. But we were impressed that he only draws a salary of $1 a year and when he does go to Sac he pays all of his own expenses. The guide also said that the "folks" who are discussing the budget crisis "behind-closed-doors" are not discussing it there, because the parking lot is empty. We did...however....get this lovely picture (above) with the giant Grizzly bear that is right in front of the Governor's Office doors.
We then went in to Old Town Sacramento for a little while and looked around the shops.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Around lunch time we met up with Erin and had some burgers. We popped into Mike's work to see where he spends 85% of his life.... and then headed to Sutter's Mill. Where gold was discovered.
The mill is actually a replica :( But you get the "jist" of how it worked and why they needed the power of the river to run it. The actual site of the mill is where we are standing in front of the rock monument. I guess the real mill would be washed away over time if it was put where it originally stood.
We saw a blacksmith demonstration where they showed us how you can bend hot metal. (this may be the next hobby I take up...just for the heck of it. Maybe one day I can shod my own horses....when I get horses.)
The day was a scorcher so the kids played in the American River and on the way home we stopped into a store and bought ice cold draft rootbeer. Ahhhhhhh! The kids really got the sense of the old west and for the rest of the night they played Wild West.
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sounds like you guys had a lot of fun!
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