One lovely fall day, Jackie, Carol, and Janet met in Loomis for a Hometown Tourist adventure, to the Griffith Quarry Park in Penryn. Griffith Quarry Park is an amazing outdoor attraction just a short, 30-minute drive from downtown Sacramento. Once…
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Last year, our Hometown Tourists Visited the annual Sandhill Crane Festival in Lodi. Here's a recap of their visit just in time for you to plan your visit to the 2017 festival in November. Cranes Across California Each year in October we look to the…
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Sacramento's Hometown Tourists are back for another season of exploring Sacramento and the surrounding areas as tourists in our own hometown. This time, we are excited to explore downtown Placerville - just a short drive from downtown Sacramento…
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Are you looking for an amazing backdrop to your family’s holiday photos? Have you heard about Global Winter Wonderland at Cal Expo? It’s a relatively new Sacramento tradition, appearing here for the past three years or so. Global Winter Wonderland…
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Sacramento's past is reflected in the windows of Sacramento's future. Last Wednesday my husband and I attended the Paul McCartney concert at the brand new Golden 1 Center. It was a great opportunity to visit the arena and see what all the fuss is…
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Whenever I find a place that I like, I love to visit over and over again. For example, my husband John and I have been to Yellowstone seven or eight times. So each year, around the beginning of October, I start thinking about Apple Hill. That's a…
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Sacramento resides in the heart of a fabulous tourist area. Beyond our immediate city boundaries, within a one- to two-hour drive, are myriad destinations to explore and enjoy. Just southeast of Sacramento is Calaveras County with several fantastic…
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Take me out to the ballgame! My friend Judy and I share common interests in horses, quilts, and reading. Recently I learned that Judy is a very knowledgeable baseball fan as well. Baseball isn’t something I follow very closely, but when I received a…
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Walk along the decks of a once-sunken ship, dine on the bow as the breeze sweeps across from the river and get a unique view of Old Sacramento when you walk aboard the Delta King, which has retired from its days plying the waters of America and is…
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Folsom's Museum of Wonder and Delights -- it's for the kid in all of us. The newest of Folsom Historical Society's museums, the Folsom Museum of Wonder and Delight opened in mid-September 2015. Cindy, Carol, and Janet visited the museum on its…
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