Sutter's Fort

Each year the city of Sacramento opens the doors to their museums free of charge. It is a rather fantastic opportunity to go and visit things you haven't before, so long as you don't mind the potential for lines and crowds!

Ez had Saturday off of work and Joe was alreeady in Sacramento since he had stayed the night at Grandma Jane's on Friday, so it was a good reason to go and visit a museum or two.

Actually, we knew we only could handle one. With the ages of the kids and the varying attention spans and quality of behavior in public places, we knew that we would definitely enjoy visiting one museum, but two would be pushing it. We initially planned on going to the Railroad Museum. We haven't taken the kids there in about 4 years and it is a real fun museum for all ages. The only real problem with that one is that it is in Old Sacramento, and we were rather sure it was going to be busy and difficult to park there. We decided to visit Sutter's Fort, which only David has been to once and I have been wanting to go there for a while.

We had a lot of fun there, and it ended up being to perfect place for the kids. Since everything is outdoors, it was okay if the kids were a bit loud and wanted to run in circles and be a bit rowdy (which is what happens when kids are tired, much like a few of them were at that point).

It was fun to look around and see the neat exhibits. The kids had the most fun playing a fun game that was called races. It is a fun game where you take a thin wooden ring and toss it off of two sticks to the opposite player, who tries to catch it on their sticks and send it back to you. Everyone had a fun time giving it a try.

We finished up at the museum and went out to eat at The Mayflower, our favorite Chinese restaurant in Sacramento. We don't get there very often, so it was definitely a treat!

Lily, Jane, and Alexis




Our first attempt at a family photo was terrible! Ruined by the fact the sun was blaring in our eyes!

Slightly better family snapshot