SATURDAY, MARCH 5th
When we arrived in Sacramento on Friday we headed for Fairfield where we stayed at Travis Air Force Base. On Saturday we stopped in Vacaville (between Fairfield and Sacramento) to get breakfast. We saw this popular hang out and decided to give it a try. It was great food years ago and still great food today.
Old Sacramento
We bought some candy that we had when we were younger
Pony Express started right here
This statue commemorates the glory of the Pony Express, which started there at 2:45 a.m. on April 4, 1860. The first rider was Sam Hamilton, the route started here in California, then to Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. It was in existence for 18 months. 121 riders, 500 ponies and 35,000 pieces of mail
Cool Stair case in the back of one of the old buildings
Inside the Wells Fargo Bank where they telegraphed
One of the original stage coaches (inside the Wells Fargo Building)
Old buildings were packed with tourist items such as T-shirts,
jewelry, candy, ice cream etc.
It was fun going through the old buildings
We still have John's old Lionel train, we haven't put it up at Christmas time for several years. Maybe we might need to think of a place that we could use it. I remember that we had a train also and it was the same style as John's our train would go around our Christmas tree, fun memories.
This statue commemorates the glory of the Pony Express, which started there at 2:45 a.m. on April 4, 1860. The first rider was Sam Hamilton, the route started here in California, then to Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. It was in existence for 18 months. 121 riders, 500 ponies and 35,000 pieces of mail
Cool Stair case in the back of one of the old buildings
Inside the Wells Fargo Bank where they telegraphed
One of the original stage coaches (inside the Wells Fargo Building)
Old buildings were packed with tourist items such as T-shirts, jewelry, candy, ice cream etc.
