Gold Rush Days

For 10 years Sacramento CA has been home to the annual Gold Rush Days festival. My dad emailed me the info when I first moved out to CA. I thought I would go check it out.

It was held in the old town of Sacramento. They put dirt down on the roads for the festival and it is closed to motor vehicle traffic... hooves were allowed!! : )

Here is a web page with more interesting information if you would like to know more about the history of the Capitol of California.

http://www.sacramentogoldrushdays.com/sacramento-history/

There is some really cool architecture in Sacramento.

The old town is right on the water front.

Gotta love the different types of Architecture!!

I found a place to wear my hat again!

I expected to see Laura Ingalls or Anne of Green Gables walk in

I decided to take the back roads home and I probably should have taken them on the way there not home! It was getting a bit dark on some narrow curvy roads!!




The roads near my new town get narrow and winding on the levees near the canals


When I see Mt Diablo and the windmills I know I am close to home...



The windmills over the canal.


Then I started driving away from them....why?? Next thing I knew I was circling the island again!!


Then I finally figured out that I had to take the ferry across the canal from the island I was on!!

Gotta love the GPS!! I drove by this 45 minutes prior and it ne