We've cruised the Mediterranean and quite a few other places, so we decided it was time to cruise locally: The Sacramento River!
We are just ready to board:
But first a drawing of what the river front used to look like:
Lots of interesting buildings as part of the downtown:
Where the American River coming down from the Sierras enters the Sacramento River:
Natural scenery out one side:
And out the other side, some beautiful homes...
...interesting docks...
...water intake station...
...famous Tower Bridge...
Sacramentons voted to have it painted gold (in honor of the Gold Rush) in 2002 at cost of $3.5 million, more than triple the original price for the whole bridge, which was built in the mid-1930s for $994,000.
...and a fun ending...a group of sea lions barking.
They are more than 70 miles upstream from the ocean.
After the cruise, lunch overlooking the river:
We had a great afternoon!
And we topped off our fun outing by attending this event:
50th Anniversary party of dear friends from Sacramento
It was fun vising with some people from when we lived in that area almost 25 years ago.
Great start to the weekend!
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