Sacramento

As most of my faithful three or four readers know, we're on a lifelong quest to visit all 50 states and 50 state capitals. We've been to a few more states than capitals, but we can now cross Sacramento off the list as we stopped for a visit on the way from San Francisco to Lake Tahoe.  Our first stop was the State Capitol where we took the self-guided tour and visited the Rotunda and saw the Assembly chambers.  The Senate Chambers were undergoing renovation and weren't open, but I managed to get in as an employee was showing a few people and invited me in as well.  On the first floor, several rooms have been preserved as they looked in the early 1900's, including the Treasurer's Office and Secretary of State.

After touring the Capitol, we visited Old Sacramento, which is several blocks of preserved 19th century Gold Rush-era buildings list on the National Register of Historic Places.  There is also a Railroad Museum and a pedestrian walk along the Truckee River. Old Sacramento is now home to lots of shops and restaurants.   It would have been nice to spend a little more time here, but Lake Tahoe is calling and we're anxious to spend time there.