Thursday, June 28, 2018

Our first trip in a while: Sacramento, Sonoma County and Ashland, Oregon

Sacramento, California, July 28, 2018--Well, it was a first for John:  With his sciatica, Ben decided it was time to get wheel chairs for the long distances in airports.   It works!  Southwest is to be thanked for arranging the wheels in Washington National, St Louis and Sacramento.   It made life a lot easier, and the added advantage is boarding first--and getting the A row with all its leg room.  Yeh!


We took a picnic lunch to enjoy during the plane change, so a slight 20 minute delay in St. Louis was of no consequence and the flight across the country from there was smooth and mostly clear.  

The Sierra Nevada were lovely with their snow-tops and seemingly full reservoirs. 

We made it to friends Richard and Andres by late afternoon, a lovely glass of chardonnay or so, and then to a local restaurant for dinner on their patio.   The food was very good at Hook and Ladder, in their neighborhood.   We enjoyed a Luna Pinot Noir, cold asparagus soup, roasted octopus and for Richard and me hamburgers, for Ben an artichoke white pizza and for Andres a nicely done pork chop.  Huge portions.  The staff was very helpful and when they didn't have a bottle of wine in the cellar that we asked for comped us with an extra appetizer--three stuffed poblano peppers that we enjoyed splitting.  The place is attractive--and has attractive bartenders, too.

 
Early to bed (by Calfornia time) and today off to the Calfornia State Capitol for a tour and then this afternoon to the Crocker Museum for what is reviewed as an excellent showing of paintings from the 18th and 19th century of women at work.   More to come.

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