Day 33

We'll be Comin' Round the Mountain.......

With the Rocky Mountains behind us we now approach the Nevada - California Sierra's.

But first we have to wake up. 

OK, but only if we can go get breakfast.

What do you mean, we have to wait for our # to be called.

Don't these people know we are on a Great Adventure 

and have thing to do, places to go and people to see?

Now this is more like it. Towering mountains,

Raging Rivers

Neat looking little cowboy towns,

And great big windows where a boy can take movies with his tablet to share with his family when he gets home.

Sharing with Grandma Me and Pop Pop is pretty cool

But who are these Donner people the guides keep talking about and 

why were they throwing a party?

This is Trukee where the snow gets so deep on the mountain that they have to put plows on big engines and keep them running thru the passes. In the old days this is where they would stop to hook up extra engines to pull the trains over the mountains.

 
And then there's lunch on the train. Angus burgers and hot dogs.
Mmmmm

After lunch is always a great time for a little Star Wars battling.
Too much sight seeing could make for a long day.

Good ole Pop Pop, always ready for a good battle.

Next stop Old Town Sacramento, how is this for a cool hotel?

A real, retired river boat. Now safely tied to the docks and guaranteed not to float away in the middle of the night.

Lots of room for sleeping, but the absolute coolest part of the whole thing is the...
Bathroom!

Look at this cool toilet!
It was so cool we almost didn't get around to going out into Old Town.

That would have been too bad as there were soooo many rubber tomahawk and toy shops to be examined, in detail, repeatedly, and compared and.......
you get the drift,

And this is it. The end all and be all of souvenirs for a 7 year old boy with money to spend. A genuine all wood rubber band gun.
Wanda and I would rather have bling.
oh well, different strokes.....

Dinner on the boat was nice. The food was good and watching the river go by was even nicer. Afterwards we went to our rooms to make sure we were packed for our 5AM wake up call. The train was calling.
We will be ready.