Bears, Bears, Bears.

 Our next stop in Sacramento was the state capitol. It was an impressive building!

 Any government building that has statues of bears attacking things is ok by me!

 The interior dome was pretty much amazing.

 These lamps on the stair bannisters were channeling the Tower of Terror, in a big way.

 The California grizzly bear was a main theme. There were bears carved in the doors:

On the walls inside the dome. (These were snarling!)

On the bannisters:

 And in the state seal, which was also found everywhere.

 A very cool building and worth a visit!

Sutter's Fort

After towing the Jeep to Brian's front door, we stayed a few days to play. Brian and Lindsey were at work on Friday, so Bruce and I had some fun. We started at Sutter's Fort State Historic Park. It was the first settlement in Sacramento.

They have nice folk there who do demonstrations and tell you about the park's history. And throw bean bags into wooden buckets.

One of the guides held us captive as he stamped and pinched leather key fobs for us. A former history teacher, he knew a lot.

There were a lot of neat historic touches to take pictures of:

Not a lot was blooming- I think the drought had a lot to do with that- but there a few interesting plants.

A neat place to visit!

A California Jeep

My Jeep has changed it's address.

It's not even my Jeep any more. It's gone to California to live with Brian. We towed it there last weekend. It took 11 1/2 hours to get there.

I'm sure that, just like cows are happier in California, my Jeep will be happier there too.

Our Family At Rose Ranch

Here are our family pictures from the most recent Rose Ranch show. I say "family" because Snoopy is now officially mine!

 I like this picture because Snoopy is once again looking at me with one ear and listening to Shannon with his other ear. Cute!

A Grinner And A Model

A glimpse of the Saltaire Farm riders at last week's Rose Ranch horse show. I decided to really up my shutter speed, (to 650), and I like the results. I should have done that a long time ago.

 Rarely do I get a rider that looks right at the camera and grins over the jump:

 Or someone who shows off their model moves so dramatically:

 I was really into hand and rein details. I'm going to have a quiz on Instagram and give a bag of carrots to whoever guesses these riders correctly. :)

 It was a fun, hot and dusty show!