Sacramento Day Trip

I had an extra ticket to ride Amtrack to Sacramento that would soon expire so I took a whole day to enjoy last Saturday. I got up early, packed a lunch and loaded the bike in the car. I left late . . . darn . . . and arrived at the station just as the train was pulling out. But no worries because the Amtrack station is right on the Martinez Marina and I just got on my bike and rode all over the estuary and marina, taking time to just sit and enjoy the beautiful morning. I caught the next train and felt like a real seasoned traveler as I loaded my bike ont he train and then went up to the second floor to enjoy the ride.




In one hour I got off at the Sacramento station at Old Sacramento. It wasn't hard to find the American River bike trail so off I went riding through some beautiful wooded countryside right along the river. Even rode through a very large regional park.


After about 13 miles or so, I took the trail back into town and made my way to the Capitol building. I rode around the groundsa bit and then noticed some people going in a side door, so I decided to lock up the bike and go see what it was all about. Come to find out, I became part of a tour of the capitol building free of charge. It was really great.











Pretty fancy wood carving for a staircase





This is the assembly room where the Senate meets





I headed back to Old Sacramento about 4:00pm now and just did some window shopping. I had a light dinner at Fat City and then headed back to the train station. It was such a fantastic day and I know Jon would have loved it with the biking and capitol tour. I feel him with me a lot of times like today, like we are somehow sharing the day together.