{"id":9728,"date":"2017-06-20T05:29:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T05:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=9728"},"modified":"2017-05-24T05:30:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T05:30:05","slug":"sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=9728","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"

My next stop was Sacramento. It was just an overnight, as my next real<\/em><\/strong> destination was Lake Tahoe to visit a friend. Since I wasn’t there for long, my priority was to be able to get in and get out easily. What is more easy that a parking lot with hook ups?<\/p>\n

Yes, I was staying at a fairground – Cal Expo RV Park. The most exciting part of the stay for me was that they assigned me a site with one of my “lucky numbers.”<\/p>\n

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Whenever I’d see numbers that were in sequential order, like 12:34, I’d comment to my father that it was a good luck \u00a0number. He seemed to enjoy this little game, so now whenever I see numbers like that, I feel that my father is with me.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I got settled in to the asphalt oasis and decided to see what I could see of Sacramento.<\/p>\n

I consulted my HISTORY Here app and found a couple places I wanted to check out: the California State Capitol, the Pony Express Terminal, the place that received the first intercontinental telegraph and Old Sacramento.<\/p>\n

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I drove into town and found a place to park. At first, I was dazzled by the credit card option to feed the meter. Then, I felt my heart leap with joy when I noticed that today was free parking day and no payment was required.<\/p>\n

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I strolled over to the capitol. According to my HISTORY Here app, it was finished in 1874. When the architect Reuben Clark broke ground in December 1860 the budget was $100,00 for a steel and stucco building. Clark recommended stone, which lead to spiraling costs. It ended up costing $2.5 million dollars, which would be nearly $60 billion<\/strong><\/em> in today’s currency.\u00a0Political controversy, labor difficulties\u00a0and floods proved to be too much for Clark. In 1864 he was committed to an insane asylum.<\/p>\n

Not an easy gig.<\/p>\n

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Speaking of gigs, there was a jazz group playing on the steps. People would stand and listen for a while and then drift off.<\/p>\n

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The building was quite lovely, with a lot of classical touches. It was rebuilt beginning in 1975. The effort lasted six years and cost $68 billion.<\/p>\n

Golly! No wonder the building looks good!<\/p>\n

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I noticed that the flags were flying at half staff, so I went to see if I could find someone who could tell me why. I figured that there would be a guard near a door. I did find one, but she didn’t have any information about it. Later I Googled and checked on\u00a0HalfStaff.org\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and I couldn’t find a reason. I even asked on Facebook. No one knew why the flag was at half staff. I wonder if they just forgot.<\/p>\n

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I thought the palm trees were a nice touch – so California!<\/p>\n

Another interesting fact about this capitol is that Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975 as he walked across the grounds.<\/p>\n

I headed back to Bart (the Big Ass Red Truck). I passed an interesting memorial to public safety officers who died in the line of duty.<\/p>\n

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I appreciated the sacrifice made by the families that were left behind.<\/p>\n

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After that it was time to check out the other places I thought would be interesting.<\/p>\n

I had no trouble finding Old Town Sacramento. The Pony Express Office was there, as was the office that received the first intercontinental telegraph. What I did have trouble finding was parking.
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Given the abundance of salt water taffy stores, T shirt shops and places that sold every manner of kitschy souvenirs, I decided that I had seen all I needed to see.<\/p>\n

I headed back to the RV park to get rested up for the next day’s trip to Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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