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| Photos- Scenery along Sacramento's bike path. |
I started off going north on the main bike path. The sun was coming up and it was just
beautiful along the river. There were a
few other cyclists and runners out on the path but not too many. I was amazed at the wonderful etiquette
concerning using these paths. Most of
the walkers/runners face the bicycle traffic and will step off to the side when
a cyclist comes by. The cyclists are
asked to keep it below 15mph. I turned
around after 8 miles and decided to go back where I started. I went past where I was on the bike path and
went south this time. The path went down
along a park called Discovery Park.
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| Photo- The entrance to the Crocker Art Museum. |
After that I headed downtown to visit the Crocker Art
Museum. It had an interesting china
dishes on display and talked about how the country of China had excelled in
making porcelain until the late 1600’s when some European craftsmen stumbled
onto the process of making it. It was all
wonderfully displayed. I found the
reasons for using certain colors and patterns very interesting. There were some patterns that had house flys and
ants in the pattern; though, I couldn’t imagine why you would want that on your
chinaware.
I also visited a section of the Croker Art Museum that had
teapots both modern and old. They talked
about how tea came into being used as a beverage. It was very interesting reading about
it. There were all sizes and shapes of
teapots and they even explained some of the Japanese tea ceremonies.
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| Photos- Old Town Sac on a Saturday. |
When I left the museum, it was about lunch time so I went to
the Old Town Sacramento again which was nearby.
I went around looking for parking on the street and lucked out by
finding a space just on the edge of one street.
I put change in the meter. If you
come down to Old Town Sac be prepared with quarters for parking.
Being a Saturday, things were in full swing in Old Town Sac. I walked a couple blocks taking pictures all
along the way. I decided to eat at a
Mexican place upstairs where I could sit over and watch everything going on in
the street below. It was fun to watch
and eventually I got waited on by a server.
It was very busy at the restaurant.
I had a blended raspberry margarita that wasn’t too bad but past that I
wouldn’t recommend this restaurant. The
food was very bland for being a Mexican place.
But I enjoyed my time on the balcony area watching.
Next, I drove out of town and on my way towards Walnut Creek
which is outside of San Francisco. That’s
where I would be staying with my friend Mona for a few days while I explore the
San Fran area. Traffic became heavier
but wasn’t too bad. I put the cruise on
for only about 5 miles above the speed limit and everyone was passing me like I
was sitting still. I had written myself
a short hand note to know what highways to turn on to. Some of these mazes of roads can be very
confusing. I actually surprised myself
and found Mona’s place without having to call her and I was even about 15 min
earlier than what I had told her.
Mona and I just took it easy for the rest of the night; catching
up with each other. She did take me on a
quick driving tour of Walnut Creek while we got supplies for dinner. We even made a quick stop at an art festival
that was in the process of closing down in the Walnut Creek’s downtown
area. Walnut Creek is so called its name
because at one time it was nothing but Walnut groves and a couple of creeks out
this way, but as the city of San Francisco expanded the property became too
expensive for just walnut trees. The
trees went and everything else came. It’s
a nice predominately white upper class area.
Mona made us dinner and we just sat and visited the rest of the night.
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