June 8, 2022 - Fresno

 

Title: June 8, 2022 - Fresno

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We got up pretty well rested. There is a pretty good hotel breakfast served. So we leave Redding at 8:45, satisfied. Sherri starts driving. After an hour, Sherri cannot pass up a Starbucks in Corning. She continues to drive until we are a little north of Woodland, here I take up driving.

My drive is short. We will cut across Sacramento to go to the REI store there. Why you might ask? Those boots I could not find in Salem, I will try to find here. I tried several boots on, but the boots in my size have limited availability. But I got a lead on where I could get my boots repaired.

 

Inside Gunthers

 

Once we wrap up there, it is only a block to get gas at Costco, but there is a long line. So the wait is a lot longer than the drive. But once we get fueled up, we go to a nice park, Woodlake Park, about half a mile away. There we have lunch. It is pretty pleasant because it has lots of trees to sit under. This is a good thing as the day is getting warm.

There is one more stop to make in Sacramento: the North Sacramento-Hagginwood Library. Why you might ask? Not because I have an overdue book from when I lived here 40+ years ago? No. Most libraries in the State will allow any California resident to obtain a library card. So Sherri and I filled in the application for one. The librarian has a curiosity question, why? Are we moving? Nope, we are collecting library cards. She gets a big smile and points to the other librarian. She has 22 library cards-much better than our five cards. But this goes to instant bonding. We talk for a little while and then we are asked where are we going to next? Back to Fresno, but first stopping at Leatherby’s for ice cream. They suggest Gunther’s. By now, you know, we are always interested in new and good places for this frozen delight.

Gunthers is right off of Highway 99, so it takes us about 20 minutes to drive there. We ordered a black and tan sundae. The sundae was OK as a sundae. But the ice cream was really good. So we will stop here again when we are in Sacramento. The librarians had recommended a half an half.

Time to get going again The only stop we made was at the rest stop in Turlock. We get home around 5:30. We order out for dinner and watch the Warriors game. A great way to come home. We even get on the Zoom call. By 10:30, I am in bed, content from a long and good trip.