Sacramento

Today Rob drove us up over Donner Pass and down into Sacramento. I have been through on the freeway many times on our way to Palo Alto, but have never stopped. So this was a treat. We spent the morning in Old Sacramento, the historic district next to the river. After lunch we went to the Railroad Museum, which turned out to be fun and instructive. On the way back to Reno we stopped at IKEA so Lucy could get a frame for her NY Subway poster. We made an unsuccessful attempt at sampling some cream puffs at the Westfield Galleria Mall in Roseville. Beard Papa's has closed in that location. Oh well. Back home, Lucy framed her poster, which now looks really good.

 Whizzing along I-80 across the Sierra Nevada

 Old Sacramento

 Sacramento was the western terminus of the cross-country railway

and there is much railway stuff to remind you

 The crew on the move

 I wonder if the Brannan House had anything to do with Samuel

 Old Sac with the new Sacramento in the distance

 Lots of good stuff to purchase should you desire

 There are some great architectural bits

 Another view of the old and new

 The schoolhouse
 

This kind of desk was still in use at East High School in the 1960s

 Serious student, happy student

 Tower Bridge is a Sacramento icon

 Not England, but REALLY good

 Lunchtime

 A tiny version of an old friend in an antiques store

 Wonderful cast-iron detail

 It is so great that they have saved and preserved 

all these fine old buildings

This is how you crossed the Sierra Nevada in 1869

 The whole crew at the Railroad Museum

 Lots of great old trains

 The kitchen on a streamliner

Looks like the Bondes in Porto Alegre back in 1965

 Those Swedes are everywhere

IKEA

 Debby would say this is a "happenin' Mall," and 

the stores were seriously slammed

Looks great framed

Thanks to the Hastings for a great day. That's all for now. 

OXO

D.