Pixie Sticks & Taffy

For the third Labor Day in a row, we found ourselves at the Crocker Museum for their Buckaroo Days.  This is important to The Redhead because they have a petting zoo. And today, we only went for the petting zoo.  (And for my Favorite Two to laugh at some art, which wasn't fine by me.)  We also went to Old Sacramento for their Gold Rush Days.  This wasn't really going on last year, but we attended it the year prior.  It's hard to believe we've been in this state that long.  Sadly, I have no photographic proof we were in Old Sacramento today, but please know we went.  We had to go.  They have pixie sticks and cupcake taffy.  These are two very important details to The Redhead.  Much like petting zoos.


Also, I did take photos of The Redhead wearing white while petting livestock.  As long as she's not wearing white after Labor Day, it's okay, right?

For the first time, we parked in the Old Sacramento garage and walked to the art museum.  It was a short walk and we had a few photo opportunities.

Overall, it wasn't a bad way to spend Labor Day.  I'm almost guessing next year will look similarly.

The Trolley Cart

On Wednesday, The Redhead got out of school at 12:10.  This is only important to mention because we then went miniature golfing.  We love to monster mini golf.  Under the black lights.  One minor snafu- my black shirt doesn't glow under the black lights, but all of the little white doggy hairs I didn't know were on my shirt did.  Also, all the primer I smeared on my arms while priming and sealing walls was glowing, all the little dots and smudges, looking like stars in the sky.  I was not amused.

The Redhead glowed nicely.  Without dog fur.

After golfing for monsters, we ended up at the neighboring Old Spaghetti Factory for a snack.

That reminded us of two things:

1.)  We haven't eaten dinner there in a while and we need to.

2.)  We have never eaten in the trolley cart yet.  The trolley cart is fantastic.





So this brilliant idea hit me as we had chocolate mousse cake and spumoni at our table.  We made a reservation for tonight at 5:30.  They couldn't guarantee us a table in the trolley cart, but guess what? We managed to score a table!




So tonight, we dined in a trolley cart, just as The Redhead had so desired.  It was perfect.

My photos aren't though, as they are all from a cell phone, but they shall do just fine.

Hello, Sausalito!

It's important that you know two things about our day today:

1.)  We finally made it to Sausalito, a place we've been meaning to go to since moving to California over two years ago.

2.)  We adopted a seal today.  (Yes, a seal.)

There were bikers,  Everywhere.  And they took over the streets.

We took a really cool one way tunnel to the Marine Mammal Center and Rodeo Beach.

The view from the Marine Mammal Center.

The Redhead was wearing her infamous shark hat, ready to greet the seals and sea lions.

They had these tags hanging all over the place, encouraging you, begging you to adopt a marine mammal.  Considering the place survives off of donations and didn't cost us anything to visit, it's money well spent.

Their mammals are mostly just short term visitors.  This place serves as a hospital, nursing them back to health and then releasing them back into the ocean.

They currently have 34 occupants.

We loved this story about this kidnapped seal.

And here is The Redhead with her chosen seal.  Since we're going to Hawaii next March, she chose a Hawaiian Monk Seal.  There is also a Marine Mammal Center on the Big Island, where we're staying.  She's really hoping to visit!

This little bird liked the statue's nose!

And I liked taking its photo.

We're so glad we finally made here!  We've been meaning to for a long time!  And because of our adoption, we now have a membership for a year.  That means we must visit again soon!

We really enjoyed our time spent on the beach.  It wasn't the cleanest beach, but we liked all of the pebbles and we saw a sea lion playing in the waves!

We ended up in downtown Sausalito.  Parking was crazy, but the view was breathtaking!

My camera battery was dying, so I had to take photos sparingly, which is difficult to do when facing stunning views.

Dessert.

And the stairway back to where we parked.

We hope to get back to Sausalito soon, as we still have more to see, but for a day trip, it was an extraordinary day and feels like a foreign city.