Radisson Sacramento

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.<br>

... 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)<br>

... Townsend. <br>It really was a good time....<br><br>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 ...

... well! We met up with her and spent the day exploring the Old Town Sacramento. <br><br>It's a great historic area with lots of fun stores and things to do. We stopped by one of those places where they dress you up in the old western clothes to take your picture - we had such a blast! We also enjoyed a great lunch at a Mexican restaurant in town!<br>

... we head to Placerville and get on 49 South. All is well.<br><br>Until we hit Shingletown and miss the 49 left turn. We figure whatever road we are on will loop around, based on the direction of the shadows, it looks to be going in the right direction.....Driving, driving, and we finally reach the next town...Eldorado Hills! Isn't this exciting! Perhaps we should buy some property here, it seems to have some sort of natural draw.<br><br>We are now both tired and hot and still have ...

... She and Daneli have been married for 9 years and apparently have no children. They operate an electronics components store near the Hertz place. As Daneli drove circuitously to the ferry terminal, Dino and I agreed that it would have been difficult for us to find the terminal without their help. We were first in line at the window to get our ferry tickets, Franca in charge the entire time, speaking in Italian. We arrived in Split this ...

... know because they had some plans to go out. Later on that evening, Alex picked me up to go to Bistro in the downtown strip where there are some things to do. THe criticism I keep hearing from people from here is that there's very little to do and nothing really special about this place. I dunno but I was feeling some special energy from this place called Sac-town. We got a chance to sit down and talk between the two of us about our lives and where we're headed. We also discussed ...

... were made of corn syrup and not that dreaded wheat glucose! Had a vanilla caramel and some taffys, bought a few bits and pieces too. Rick has driven well, mastered the Bay Bridge and the tolls. Some parts of the highway had 7 lanes and that was in our directions alone. Stopped off half way home and went into a huge pet shop (Petco). They have everything and people take their pets there to get groomed, vaccinated or just to shop, even people with rodents take ...

... we sat by the fire and played cards until we were out of fire wood-$5 per bundle. The next morning we set off through the redwoods on a road called "the avenue of the giants" and took some pictures of the largest living creatures we had ever seen. We wanted to find that one tree we always see on commercials that you can actually drive your car through, but it turns out that is a private attraction that costs $1.50 per person, and when camp sights plus firewood are over $20 ...