After we visited Bassi Falls, below the falls and above the falls, and drove back out the road with the challenging short hill climb at the end- people walking up the dirt 4x4 path expressed amazement at us so easily driving down it- the question was where to go next ( Read more... )

Folsom, California. A suburb of Sacramento. It's where you go if you've shot a man in Reno, according to a famous Johnny Cash song... or, in our case, when we're staying halfway between hither and yon on a Friday night.

Friday, 13 July 2018, 11pm

This evening we drove to Rancho Cordova. Again. We did the same drive about six weeks ago. Now, as then, it's Friday Night Halfway. We're getting a jump start on adventuring tomorrow. Though this trip our aim is Lake Tahoe ( Read more... )

Saturday, 2 June 2018, 11:45pm.

Whew, it's been quite a trip. We arrived home from our trip to the Crystal Basin in the Sierras, where we visited Robb's Peak, Loon Lake, and Bassi Falls, at 11 tonight. That's just a smidge over 28 hours after we left home last night. Doing the Friday Night Halfway thing in Rancho Cordova helped. If we'd tried to ( Read more... )

Saturday, 29 July 2017. 10am.

Last night we drove out to Sacramento. Yes, another Friday Night Halfway thing. Much like a week ago, in fact. Though this time we're staying in Sacramento, not Rancho Cordova. For people reading this from thousands of miles away there's not a tremendous difference between the two. They're only a few miles apart. And ( Read more... )

Sacramento Travelog #7
Sunday, 10 April 2016. 6pm.

We wrapped up our trip to Sacramento this afternoon. After we finished with the underground tour we drove across town to the State Capitol. We walked around its grounds some more, seeing additional gardens and monuments beyond those we visited Saturday eveningAmong the gardens we saw today was a ( Read more... )

Sacramento Travelog #6
Sunday, 10 April 2016. 2pm.This morning we took a Sacramento Underground tour. These tours are organized by the Sacramento History Museum, part of the Old Sacramento State Historic Park. Tour guides portraying characters from the 1870s lead small groups into the basement levels of a few vintage buildings to explain the ( Read more... )

Sacramento Travelog #5
Saturday, 9 April 2016. 9pm.

After visiting the railroad museum and seeing more of Old Town Sacramento by daylight (well, cloudy daytime) we walked back over to where our car was parked adjacent to the hotel and drove toward midtown to visit a few craft stores. After that we decided it was time for dinner. The light in the ( Read more... )

Sacramento Travelog #4
Saturday, 9 April 2016. 5pm.

Originally our plan after visiting the California Railroad Museum earlier today was to squeeze in a second museum trip, likely to the California Automobile Museum a mile or so down the waterfront. Alas we got a late start this morning and then spent a bit longer than anticipated at the railroad ( Read more... )

Sacramento Travelog #3
Saturday, 9 April 2016. 4pm.

This afternoon we visited the California State Railroad Museum (wikipedia page) in Sacramento. Like other destinations in Old Town it was an easy walk underneath busy Interstate 5 to reach from our hotel. Here are Five Things from our visit:

1. Paging Sheldon Cooper?I remember from when I was a ( Read more... )