Saturday 8/4/2018     Sacramento is the capital of California and I found out that you can take free tours of the historical capital building. We found a place to park on the street not too far away from the building and went through the main entrance where you had to go through security. From there you were free to roam around most of the building or take a guided tour. We were a few minutes late for the tour but they said we could join in. A nice young woman guided the tour and told us many facts about the history of the capital. The stone and woodwork were amazing and they kept many of the old office antique furniture just the way it was over a hundred years ago. The building itself was modeled very similarly to the Washington D.C. capital building and even has the grand rotunda. Portraits of all the past governors were scattered throughout the building. Of course, Arnold’s was the largest. After we finished touring the capital we strolled outside to their 40-acre park that surrounds the Capitol. They have 450 different varieties of trees and plants from all over the world and memorials to various events and a large memorial honoring California’s fallen firefighters. Once we were done walking around outside we drove a short distance to The Old Spaghetti Factory and had a late lunch. The remainder of the day was just some grocery shopping and I did some more research on the computer for future campsites in Oregon and Washington.