I was able to make reservations for me and Larry at the Hog Island Oyster Boat Dock on Christmas Eve. Hog Island Oyster Company is located in Marshall, California, on Tomales Bay. The oysters were worth the trip alone! They tasted amazing! The oysters are … Continue readingHog Island Oyster Company
Point Reyes National Seashore is the most beautiful, unique, and dramatic landscape I have ever been able to insert myself in. Driving the rural country roads and visiting the farmer’s market and Bovine Bakery in Point Reyes Station fit my small town personality. I … Continue readingPoint Reyes National Seashore
Bodie State Park – Bodie, California Bodie is a preserved ghost town east of Yosemite National Park. My coworker and friend, Maggie, and I did the four hour drive from Sacramento to Bodie. We stopped briefly overnight near Lake Tahoe and continued our drive in … Continue readingBodie State Park
For the past two years, Sacramento has hosted a mural festival. This past August they invited international and local artists to work with building owners to produce these murals. There isn’t always agreement, one business owner painted over a mural two days after it was … Continue readingDowntown Sacramento Murals
Glen Alpine Springs Resort Glen Alpine Springs Resort was my first destination on my two hour drive from Sacramento. I was a docent here for a summer in 2006. As I drove the narrow, bumpy road around Fallen Leaf Lake, I was reminded of the … Continue readingSouth Lake Tahoe
I arrived to MacRostie early, so I drove down the road a little and discovered a unique, historic building. It was the Hop Kiln tasting room. It was built in 1905 by Italian masons for farmers to bring, dry, and sell their hops. There were … Continue readingHop Kiln Landmark
I met Susan Sulc back home, in Edwardsville, IL, when she was visiting her mother Marilyn, who volunteers at the Madison County Library. I worked at the Madison County Museum, located in the same complex as the Library, prior to taking this job. Susan works … Continue readingMacRostie Winery
I drove north from Sacramento to attend the Salmon Festival in Oroville. I drove straight to the Feather River Fish Hatchery to view the Chinook salmon coming up the Feather River to spawn. The hatcheries were created to repopulate the streams, since the construction of … Continue readingOroville Salmon Festival
This is a four-flat apartment building (a continuation of the Alkali Flat neighborhood of Sacramento) . A local contractor named George W. Martin secured a building permit on Harriet Cox’s behalf in January 1910. As described in the advertisements, they were “above-average” apartments, each equipped … Continue reading1011 F Street, Loft D
Located in the northwest corner of Sacramento, the area now called Alkali Flat is bordered by the B Street railroad levee (on the north), H Street (on the south), 7th Street (on the west), and 13th Street (on the east). Its nickname, dating back to … Continue readingAlkali Flat Neighborhood