Sacramento - Day 31 - March 14, 2015

Happy Birthday Matt!  Happy Pi Day!

Christine had her boot camp again this morning so I went with her and did a lap around McKinley Park. We let Ron sleep but he claims he got up right after we left.

Morning Views from McKinley Park

 

So nice to see beautiful flowers blooming in March

Houses across from the park

Park wildlife

More blooms

The boys would really love this playground



After returning from the park we ventured off to the Delta Region.  We rode along the Sacramento River until we came to the small town of Locke. It was previously called Lockeport but the name had been shortened over the years. Locke is the only rural Chinese town left in the U.S. Founded in 1915 it was built and mainly inhabited by the Chinese until recently. The town still looks like it did 50 years ago. We went to the museum, the school, the gambling house, and Al the Wops Saloon and Restaurant just to name a few.

Views along the Sacramento River

 



Vineyards in the delta area

Views of the town of Locke



Main Street in Locke



Chinese School

 

Medicine Shop



There were lots of bikers in the town today!



The gambling house



Having a cold one at the Saloon and Restaurant - a Pepsi that is!

 

 

From there we rode into the remote delta area and viewed rows and rows of vineyard and pear orchards. Seeing all those grapes made us head for the Old Sugar Mill. The site of an old sugar beet factory is now the home to about a dozen tasting rooms for the local wineries. It is really one-stop wine tasting. They also had jams and olive oils. After sampling a few tasty wines we picked a nice red that we thought would go good with spaghetti and we headed to the store for the necessary ingredients. At home we prepared our spaghetti and it paired perfectly with the wine. We haven't had spaghetti since we came to California and it really hit the spot - the wine didn't hurt any either.

Ron was very excited to see this huge bag of carrots for only $6 in the store - If they would fit in the suitcase we'd bring some back for Brayden and Mom Spitzer!  Tis was an amazing grocery store half the products were in #10 size tin cans or huge bags like the carrots.  If Ron gets excited about a grocery store you know it had to be something.  He wants to open a branch of it by us ... it's called Smart and Final.  Strange name but.....



Chris being very domestic!

A great dinner with even better company

We were going to go the local comedy club but they were doing a special roast for a local TV personality that we didn't know so we decided to stay home.