Title: September 23, 2017 - To Sacramento and a short walk
Hike Info : Description : : Background : Extra Photo's
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| Route to Sacramento |
Trail head:
Hike Info:
Type: Car
Trail: American River Trail
Destination: Old Sacramento
Actual Destination: Old Sacramento and confluence of Sacramento and American Rivers
Actual Destination: Old Sacramento and confluence of Sacramento and American Rivers
Distance: 3.12 miles 1
Elevation Rise: 240' 1
Maximum Elevation: 47' 1
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| Evening Walk |
We get off to a slow start to celebrate our 41st anniversary. I think it is around noon time when we leave. We are going to spend tonight's in Sacramento just wandering around. On the way up to Sacramento we stopped in Elk Grove at the Leatherby's ice cream place. When we have stopped at Leatherby's it has been really good ice cream and toppings-this time did not disappoint. Glad there is not one in Fresno or I would get really really fat.
We left and went up 99 until we got to Sacramento and switched to I-5 for a short distance. We made it to the Best Western someplace around 4. Got our room on the third story. Still was daylight, so we decided to walk down to Old Sacramento.
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| Old PG&E Building |
We are less than a mile from Old Sacramento, so the walk is not bad. We pass by what looks like a concrete ship and then hit the edge of the old town. There is a engine turn around which I enjoy being by. Then it is wandering. Sherri goes into a few shops. I have a tendency to hang back and enjoy an ebook. At one place, Sherri goes into a toy shop and I am outside of a bar. Music, or so called music comes out. But it must be people who have not been told yet they have no business singing outside of a shower. Fortunately, Sherri rescues me and we wander some more.
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| Gary and Theodore Judah |
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| Pony Express |
Neither are hungry right now.So we do not go into any restaurants. Well Sherri goes into a candy story and finds the sample pretty retched. On we go and we find a few of our historical sites, like Theodore Judah’s monument or the Pony Express statue. By this time, we have done the circuit of the old town so we decide to walk back to the hotel, up the trail. When we pass by the concrete boat structure, we realize it is part of the water supply for Sacramento.
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| Looking into Sacramento |
When we get back to the gate going into the hotel, we decide to continue on up the path. This brings us to the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers. Looks like a pretty nice park area. We continue going along the path. It dips down under an overpass-there is a bridge across the American River. After this point, we do follow the American River. But the area becomes more sketchy. More signs of homeless encampments. More debris strewn around. We decide that it is starting to get dark and to go back to the hotel.
There is a beautiful sunset with the bridge, bikes, and a boat. We continue on and get back to the hotel in just a little while. Time to get freshened up and decide what to do about dinner. We are not terribly hungry. There is a Mexican restaurant called Nena’s in the parking lot, so by default, that is dinner tonight. Then back to the hotel room and time to turn in.
Background
This was the second visit to a Leatherby’s Ice Cream Parlor, so we sort of knew what to expect-pure decadence. We had a Nicole's Peanut Butter Cup for $10.99. It did not disappoint. As the description said, Mounds of Chocolate ice cream atop Chocolate Cake, homemade Hot Fudge, and topped off with our delicious homemade Peanut Butter topping. If anything, we just wished that there was a bit more ice cream and a bit less chocolate cake. This sundae was more than enough for the two of us. The service was excellent as well. (As a note: the toppings is the best part of the sundae)
The reviews of hotels in the area was a concern. But we did not experience any of the negatives discussed. We stayed two enjoyable nights. The bed was comfortable; only when we opened the sliding door did we hear I-5 (as a note, I suspect this was because we were on the wing closest to the river); the homeless problem did not materialize.
This Best Western is about ¾ of a mile walk to Old Sacramento along a bike path. The Best Western is the only hotel we saw which had a gated access to the path-a definite plus. Staff was good and pleasant. Breakfast was waffles, eggs, bacon/sausage, and cereal.
Enjoyable stay. The only knock we had was after the first night, the room was not tidied up. This was due to a misunderstanding about signage. Hotel management compensated by adding points to our Best Western card. Would we stay there again? Yes.
Mexican and right next to our hotel. We saw that the food was rated pretty good, so we decided to try it out. The food was good enough Mexican food. I had a chicken chimichanga. But the drawback was the service was pretty slow. Fortunately, we were not real hungry and this was the end of our day.
Extra Photo's
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| "Concrete Boat" |
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| Gary and the Pony Express |
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| Sherri and Theodore Judah |
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