Thursday, November 12, 2009

Sacramento..walking around

Howdee all,

Two days ago Geno took us around his town..Sacramento _005

One thing that impressed me is the number of trees throughout the city..

this is the Cork Oak..

Sacramento _001The Crocker art museum 

Sacramento _014A Beautiful Golden bridge..do u see how the bridge is being raised for the tall ship?Sacramento _019 We decided to take a look at the ship that came in..Sacramento _020On the way…an Owl  ..You see, I do look for birds…Sacramento _024 The sailing vessel is for educational purposes…Sacramento _027 This boat below is now a Hotel…Sacramento _030  Trains and a Train museum in Old Town Sacramento  Sacramento _036 Rust and glassSacramento _039 Jeff standing underneath some huge digging toolSacramento _041 An Old Hardware store…Sacramento _042 Sacramento _043 Really cute art

Sacramento _048At the courthouse Sacramento _049i enjoyed the different types of Art and sculpture around town Sacramento _052I loved the sculptures in front of the Convention Center   Sacramento _057Sacramento _060Sacramento _055 This was one of my favorites..Sacramento _059  Inside the Hyatt…

Gov. Arnolds home when he is in town.Sacramento _061  And the interesting topiary outside of the hotelSacramento _066   The State CapitolSacramento _101Arnold was not inSacramento _073  We were allowed to go into the Reception area..Sacramento _074Jeff took Arnolds card..just in case we needed to call him…Sacramento jefffs   (4) Under the Dome…Sacramento _078California's Role in the Civil war… Sacramento _082 Sacramento _084 I enjoyed the different tiles thru out the Capitol BuildingSacramento _088 Sacramento _089 The view from the Capitol Building…Sacramento _100  We then proceeded to walk back to Genos..

Passing where the Original tower Records started..

Sacramento _102 The large tower is the old and still existing theatre…

There is a wonderful restaurant in this building now..Tower Cafe

Listen to the NPR interview with the owner

or check out the menu

Sacramento _104  The old tower record shop ..which is still a record store owned by the originator of Tower Records…Sacramento _108 At Genos..I found art…

BonsaiSacramento _110 And More…Sacramento _114    Yesterday we did some birding….today..

Toured where the Gold Rush Began!

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