Four Points Sacramento Intl Ap

... over the loud speaker I was told to get back in (I'm sure his gun was drawn, but with all the spotlights on me I couldn't see a thing. Finally he approaches the window and asks for my license and insurance. Once he heard the 'accent' he understood why I got out the car.
His 1st question was "Why did you cross the double yellow line"
My response "'Casue its a car pool lane right and there are 2 of us in the car so I thought I'd use it".
To that he ...

A lovely day -- with an easy drive out to Sacramento, a good day visiting Sac State (which is a very pretty campus, especially this time of year, with the leaves changing), then an easy drive home. Definitely a long day, and I was exhausted by the end of it, but not a bad one at all.

... got one too since it was one of those self wash things with a pressure gun (FUN) we also gave her another oil change but this was later on in Yuba ( the dude there was really nice, he complemented both our lack of direction and the paint job on Betsy)

... Townsend.
It really was a good time....

Even though we were there to see family and friends, we still got to see and do some new things, just to keep the spirit of the road trip alive. Of course when you think of California, you think of the Gold Rush, among many other things, but we both tried to become experts in panning for gold. I ended up scoring quite a bit of gold, but the majority ...

What a great weekend I was able to spend with Ken and Terry plus Nessa and Vicky (the dogs). A lot was had at the Apple Festival in Apple Hill; eating a drinking everything apple along with a great conversation on "Choice". Sunday was spent in ...

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We we assigned to bedroom E in the 632 sleeper car. The room is about twice the size of the roomette that we had booked before. Even then with our two backpack, medicine bag, gaget bag and my signature model guitar there was not a lot of room to move around. I set up the GPS and relaxed to enjoy the ride to Chicago.

Lunch confirmed my worst fears about the food on the train. After looking at the menu I ordered a ...

... the local wineries - some of the wines seemed to be more of a blend of "Cabernet Sarson" than "Cabernet Sauvignon" - which confirmed my suspicions that many Napa/Sonoma Valley wines are overrated & overpriced (in the supermarkets, Rioja Crianzas & Australian Penfold wines were $10 - whereas the quite ordinary Napa/Sonoma wines were about $38). There are some very good Californian wines - but at a price. After our ...

... They live in the poor, sun-parched town below the mines, in Maras. The Peruvian pop star, Sonia Morales, is playing on the radio now. I recognize her popular song from the radio yesterday in the taxi. She is a bleached blonde, but wears the traditonal colorful Peruvian costume. We have seen her video on tv. Itěs all very chaste, kind of sweet and goofy. September 13, 2007 Getting Sick in Cusco and Other Unfortunate Events We are home now. Exhausted ...

... cultural information and artifacts of northern Thailand at the Mae Fah Luang foundation. The museum is fabulous and definitely worth visiting. Returning to Thailand in 2007 How things have changed since the late 60s and early 70s. Like every place else Thailand has changed. Change for the better. Bangkok's air and streets were cleaner. The sky train and the subway reduced all the diesel bus exhaust. You would see people (probably city employees) sweeping the streets. Progress in this ...

... Blue Diamond almond factory, and many good restaurants. Rosie and I even played golf one afternoon while waiting for Lexi's final lab test results. We also discovered that Cinco de Mayo must be celebrated ALL WEEK in California, and we did our best to uphold that tradition---and a few margaritas.

Tonight we are meeting our old buddy Greg Feldman for dinner. (Greg was a student in my Fairmont West geometry class as a sophomore ...