Stop in Sacramento...Overnight in Redding

We are currently in Redding, CA staying overnight. Our trip from Buttonwillow to Redding was a rather enjoyable one. We stopped for a few hours in Sacramento, CA...the capital of California. We actually toured the capital building. It is a gorgeous building. In the entry way there were huge bouquets of flowers that filled the room with a beautiful fragrance. The view of the ceiling was magnificent!

We walked around the downtown area for a little while. Sacramento is a very pretty and clean city. It is about the same size as Omaha. We began to drive out of the city and we noticed a Joe's Crab Shack restaurant...so we stopped and had lunch. Joe's was located on a river so we had a great waterfront view. After lunch we strolled through the old Sacramento district. This district actually looked like an old western town with many different shops throughout. We arrived back at our car, and our parking meter had just run out and about 2 cars down from us was the "ticket patrol lady”. Thankfully we arrived just in time and prevented getting a parking ticket.

We left Sacramento and arrived in Redding about 5:30pm. It is really beautiful here...lots of greenery and trees and the city is surrounded by mountains. There is still snow on the mountain tops. Again, it is really beautiful. We explored a bit by driving around the city and then decided to have dinner at Chevy's...one of our favorite Mexican restaurants.

So now we are in our hotel room and I'm going to be signing off for tonight. I'd like to get a good night sleep since we are planning on leaving tomorrow morning at 7am. Our next stop will be Portland. Good night!


A picture of Joe's Crab Shack...where we had lunch.