First Stop:
California State Railroad Museum...Learned some of the history of the railway system in the western US, where is connected with the Eastern railway system (in Utah), who built the railroads, rode on a train, watched the "Run Around" when they disconnect the engine from rest of the train, run it to the back of the train, and hook back up with the train to go the other direction! Then we walked around Old Sacramento for a while...
Grandpa Dick used to work here and was always a stop when we went to Sacramento when Mary was a kid! Here we are enjoying the delicious ice cream (no longer 25c a scoop!) with Aunt Kathie!
Third Stop: Sutter's Fort!
The history! The dirt!! The lack of heating/cooling/running water...indoor plumbing!!! We learned about black powder muskets, watched a musket fire, then learned about cannons, and watched it fire-towards Sutter Hospital directly across the street from the fort!
Stops 4 & 5: We drove south to Denny's family in Petaluma...with a Day in "The City"...
A few hours in Alcatraz...
A City Tour on the upper deck of a Double Decker Bus!
Sixth Stop was a day spent at...
Watching a few animal shows...and riding a few rides!
Ben was a great sport-he is NOT a fan of thrill rides, but he tried each one at least once, I don't think he rode ANY one twice. Sophie, on the other hand, LOVES thrill rides and would ride EVERY one of them as much as she could-IF she was only 1 inch taller!
And some shots of family ranches in the area! It is SO green here, a whole lot different than the Brown, Dry, Flat scenery we get to see in Nevada!
We spent an afternoon at a beach, Limatour...yes, it was a little too cold to actually swim in it, but it was fun to chase the waves, or rather Run From the waves!
On our way back home, we stopped in for lunch with Aunt Kathie! And the boys got to show off their new outfits (from Chinatown)! There were quite a few Asian ladies in Olive Garden that couldn't keep their eyes of these boys!
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