River City from the start.

I consider Old Sacramento to be not so much my style. It is filled with fun gift and specialty shops and some older people type clubs. You do get to see and original piece of sacramento history through the original buildings that these shops are in. In elementary school we took many field trips to Old Sacramento and they told us about how Sacramento went through the gold rush and such. The streets in this area are cobble stone and there is even an old schoolhouse.

I enjoy the view of the river and our very own tower bridge. On a spring/summer evening it is nice to take a stroll down the waterfront walk across the bridge and look back on the skyline of the city. When you walk by the shops you can always count on an employee from candy heaven to give you a coupon for a free sample. You can eat at Joe’s crab shack or at the river city cafe.

Indeed a hidden treasure my city is I find more peace here at my not so big but full of substance city. A moment to collect my thoughts as I watch the boats go by.

The discovery/ railroad muesem is in the same stretch and if you have never been there it is half interesting. historical statues and facts are all over and make for quite the tourist attraction. Very popular are the carriage rides around old sac and even more popular a costume store called evagalines. Candy and sweets are a must, as I have had the best cherry softserve slushy ever. If you were looking for Sacramento postcards and or t-shirts, key chains, mugs all that stuff here there are probably about 10 shops that carry them.

Stay and watch the river for a while we have an abundance of bicyclist on the bridge and even some fisherman on the docks just sitting. Its no pacific ocean pier I admit but it feels like a home yet again and for right now I would not trade it. I love sac.

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