Nice slow morning, then into Sacramento. Following a suggestion from Mark yesterday, we visited a specialist grocer, Corti Brothers, serving Sacramento since 1947. We got great deli sandwiches and bought some specialty gourmet items like wild orange jam, Italian-made pasta, chutney and English mint sauce (for lamb).
Then we drove to the California Railroad Museum. Displays of railroad history and the effects of the railroad on California were very interesting. There were actual rail cars and engines in the museum, and touring them was fun. Reminiscent of enlisted berthing aboard a Navy destroyer! Large model railroad displays were being operated by model train nuts, and there were large static displays of every gauge of model train.
Finally, we walked around Old Sacramento. The old buildings were nice to look at, but are filled with every sort of kitschy tourist store. There are paddlewheel boats on the river for short cruises and dinners “at sea.” After we had enough, back to camp!
