Days 1-3

Day 1: Drove to Reno, stayed in shady hotel. No gambling this time, unless you count staying in shady hotels as gambling.

Day 2: Drove into Sacramento. The drive was beautiful. We took some videos along the way that we might post later (the internet connection at this coffee shop isn't the greatest so it would take forever right now). Once we got there, we met Rachel and one of her friends, and then drove up to Oroville to watch the Cake concert. Anna had a great time (Cake is her favorite band). The show was a benefit concert for some local volunteer fire department, and it was at the Oroville Municipal Auditorium, which was some old burnt-out gym that held only 1,000 people. Anna got a poster autographed by some members of the band and was very happy.

Day 3: We stayed at Rachel's apartment overnight, and got up Sunday and went on a hike in a really nice area about an hour away. Photos to come...

Day 4: Got up early since Rachel had to work, and now we're sitting at a coffee shop trying to decide what to do next. The choices are Jelly Belly factory or wine tours. At the moment, there is an old man sitting behind me who insists on speaking like Donald Duck (he says his name is Donald so that somehow justifies it??). It's hard to enjoy your morning coffee with an old duck behind you. Gotta go now. More updates later.


UPDATE: upon further review, it appears that the duck man also has a Donald Duck t-shirt and a Donald Duck necklace on. This is actually much worse than originally thought (and probably much more pathologic). We've gotta get out of here right now...this guy could flip his wig at any moment.