Today was a gentle start to the day and saw us having a leisurely breakfast followed by packing. Following our experiences of Air Newzealand being so pedantic about bags not being over $20 kgs, we decided to get one up on them and pack our esky with additional stuff to lighten the loads anyway! At least that way we shouldn't have to unpack in the middle of the airport as has happened on two occasions previously!
Then - WALMART! Shopping for final goodies. Makeup is so cheap over there. Would you believe we still have supplies from our trip before last! Yep - good enough reason to go over there to stock up! Clothes too. Amazing the amount we have to pay for clothes here compared to over there.
That done, final stop - Sacramento - and were we ever sorry we did not get there earlier. What a great place. The city itself is full of trees - every street is green with beautiful trees lining the avenues. We headed straight for Old Sacramento and only had time for a brief walkaround. Such a shame because this is a place we could quite easily have spent a full day exploring - Old Sacramento followed by the main city itself. Old Sacramento is placed alongside a river where you could take a paddlesteamer up the river and as well, take a ride on the old steam train. Streets are cobblestone and sidewalks are all boardwalks. Fabulous. We felt it was good to have gone here, albeit briefly, since our parting view - Reno - would have not been a pleasant one otherwise.
Mad rush then to San Francisco International. Yes, the plane only leaves at 9.15pm but we wanted to freshen up and so on beforehand.
Were our bags OK weightwise. Hah! Not on your life! We were still over so there we were chopping and changing then shrinkwrapping the esky however, would you believe, this time Air Newzealand did not check each of the bags individually as they have in the past. They made us put all the bags together onto the scale since we are allowed two bags each of up to 20 kgs which means 80kgs in total. So inconsistent. We need not have bothered about the additional esky filled with stuff to lighten to bag loads!
So that is it. A very brief trip which has seen us travelling like the wind to reach different places combining business with pleasure. Would we do it again? You better believe it! Afterall, in the words of someone we know so well - you have an eternity to rest!
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