Let Then Eat Cake!

The title for today's posting owes to an odd coincidence. Briefly, having patronised and unimpressive restaurant on Sunday evening, where the chef came over to apologise for not being able to 'get the consistency of the mashed potato right' and explaining why I had a side of Macaroni Cheese instead, we went to a swankier place to dine yesterday evening. Having scrutinised the menu at the swankier place we went for fish'n chips. Soon after taking our order, our server, Delaney, was back-at-the-table to explain that Chef had run out of potatoes ..... Oh to be in Idaho!! (Actually, we were offered a choice of crisps or sweet potato fries as an alternative ..... we chose the latter and they were fine!) We spent our final day in Sacramento by first visiting the Governor's Mansion (which was closed!) and then walking the City's street-grid to the Automobile Museum.

 It was a lovely day to walk and this place is very walk-able and we noticed that State employees are encouraged to leave their workplace during breaks and just walk about through the parks surrounding the Capital Building. Whilst on foot, its easy to see why Sacramento is referred to as the City of Trees, as different varieties from orange to palm trees line every street.

 Reaching the museum we were taken aback to see a long queue of people at its entrance. A young lady asked if we were there to see the 'secret show' (of the Kentucky rock band Cage the Elephant) I explained that we were there for the museum and that music-wise we were somewhat rooted in the past .... that got us to the front of the line! The museum is a must and coincidentally it had been owned by the same guy who owned the car museum in Montana which we stumbled-on during a previous trip. The display of classic cars, currently themed on 'Elegance', is a must for anyone visiting Sacramento. We were given a personal tour by 'John', an ex-colonel and fighter pilot in the US Air Force and a Vietnam vet. He was friendly, knowledgeable, and in his company the time soon passed. (John owns a couple of Maseratis of his own and his fellow guide showed us his immaculate 1940's Jaguar K120 ..... complete with Chevy engine and minus 'Lucas electrics'.)

We emerged from the museum mid-afternoon and zigzagged our way back to the hotel, in the sunshine. Being here and seeing a fair few brown leaves hitting the pavement today, I had to select the following (pretty obvious) track to remind us of Sacramento.