Blogs from Sacramento, California, United States, North America - page 2

The drive from Tingley Lake Estates RV Park in Klamath Falls OR to Cal Expo RV Park in Sacramento CA would be about 300 miles and would take just over 5 hours according to MapQuest; however, my elective 1.5 elapsed time adjustment factor would make the trip closer to 7 ½ hours. Fortunately, about 225 of those miles would be on interstate highways with no side roads, traffic lights or villages where I tend to drive more cautiously and, thus, more slowly. I comfortably could jack up my speed to 60 or 65 on the Interstate, would cut 30-45 minutes off the trip time and would arrive at the RV park before the office closing time of 5 PM. (Despite getting poorer gasoline mileage at the higher speed, my fuel window when pulling the Pilgrim is ... read more

Start:Omo Ranch Ziel: Sacramento Tageskilometer: 132.3 Höchstgeschwindigkeit: 72,4 Gesamtkilometer: 6'269.4. Als wir noch faul im Zelt liegen fährt die Velogruppe mit den jungen Leuten schon wohlgeordnet ab. Wir packen dann unsere Siebensachen und geniessen unser karges Frühstück bevor wir das in den Wäldern gelegene Omo Ranch verlassen. Es geht zuerst steil bergab doch die Strasse ist so holperig, dass man fast die Plomben in den Zähnen verliert sofern man welche hat... Auch geht es nicht einfach hinunter sondern immer wieder durch tiefe Schluchten was immer wieder einen steilen Aufstieg in der gleissenden Sonne bedeutet. Wir fahren durchs Pleasant Valley wo ein Weingut an das andere nahtlos aneinandergereiht ist. Zum Weintesten ist es jedoch noch defintiv zu früh... Kurz nach Placerville, einem kleinen Städtchen, holen wir dann die Grup... read more

Today's destination is Sacramento, but first, we chose to take advantage of the good weather and ride around Lake Tahoe this morning. We left early with plans to have breakfast along the way in Incline Village. The lake is breathtakingly beautiful with each new corner offering changing vistas, none anything less than spectacular. I didn't expect to see so much development along the perimeter of the lake, so much so that there are small towns, restaurants, beaches, boat rentals and marinas filling in most of the waterfront land. It was an exhilarating technical ride, with tight steep switchbacks, no barriers on the cliffs, and curves and more curves. The highlight was having to stop on an empty corner while a mother bear and her young dark brown cub crossed the road in front of us. Hold ... read more

We left the Sacramento Yacht Club and headed up the river to Old Sacramento. We were told that the city had some nice new docks just past the historic Tower Bridge in downtown. Since it was a weekend, we figured we better get up there pretty early to beat the day-trippers to the docks. The SYC port captain told us that we shouldn't dock under the bridge as it is a favorite nesting place for pigeons that tend to leave small mementos on boats parked below. You can't beat local knowledge! We tied up behind the Delta King Riverboat which is now permanently docked and serves as a floating hotel, restaurant and theater. This sternwheeler was built in Scotland in 1924 and shipped in pieces to California where it operated regular overnight passenger service between San ... read more

Geo: 38.579, -121.491Our early morning flight left Toulouse on time to Frankfort, where we had a four hour layover. There we enjoyed a nice country breakfast of eggs and sausage, then checked out some of the shops. The eight hour flight to Philadelphia was uneventful; the meal adequate. After spending an hour to clear passport control, we picked up our luggage and went through security check again before rechecking our luggage for the five hour flight to Sacramento. We made it with just enough time to enjoy a glass of wine at the bar across from our gate (something we'd become accustomed to each day). We got to Sacramento about 8:30 pm, and picked up our truck which Paul had left in the parking lot for us. When we finally got home we were pretty exhausted ... read more