Trip to Sacramento - Week Two - Saturday, January 13 - Friday, January 19, 2018

Saturday we took the train to Berkley to see our niece and my godchild. We couldn't be so close and not go and see Danielle who is working on her PhD at UC Berkley. It was about an hour and one half ride and CJ did a great job on her first train ride. We met Danielle at the train station (she had her bike) and then took the bus to near the entrance of UC Berkley. We walked around a bit and then had lunch at a nice restaurant called Eureka. CJ loved their fries. From there we walked a little of the campus and saw where Danielle's lab is. She and Chris got a chance to talk fruit flies and the rest of us just listened and pretended to understand. We had a nice train ride back to Sacramento and arrived about 6:30. It certainly beat driving through the California traffic.

CJ's first train ride

Fun on the bus with Danielle

Lunch at Eureka

Good food - Good company

Nap time

Waiting for the bus to go home

Views of UC Berkley

The clock tower

The library

Danielle's lab

Sunday Chris and I slipped off for a little bit to get pampered. A spa not too far from her offers packages of "foot massages". It ends up being only about $25 for a one hour massage. The reason I put foot in quotes is that they do soak your feet and massage them but they also do an entire body massage. If I lived here this would be a weekly event. Today was Ron's 65th birthday but he likes to be low key in his celebrations. Jason cooked us delicious steaks and we had carrot cake - Ron's favorite.

Monday Christine was off so we headed off to Fairy Tale Town. We didn't stay too long because CJ was ready for a nap but she had a great time while there. She loves animals and had lots of fun as you can see from the pictures.

At Fairy Tale Town

It's a little chilly today

What's this?

I want to touch the chickens and roosters!

Fun with Mommy

What are we sitting on?

What? This isn't like the train we were on the other day!

So many things to explore!

I'm a lucky little girl.

The rest of the week was pretty normal but Chris worked from home on Thurs. Ron and I took the baby in the afternoon and got out of her way by going to the Oak Park Brewery. They had great $3 pints and happy hour specials. CJ was perfect. Chris had outpatient surgery on Friday which went well. They live only 5 minutes from UC Davis Medical Center so it's very convenient. It was another good week with lots of CJ time for Grandpa and Grandma.