We woke up in Carson City and went to see the capitol before we made one more west-ward drive. We were looking forward to finally getting to California but first wanted to see some sights along the way.
Carson City is the capitol of Nevada. Did you know that? It's a very quaint little town with a great mining history. They have a bunch of restored buildings too. The capitol dome is painted silver because Nevada is the Silver State. The capitol is surrounded by trees with large canopies so it was hard to see the dome but we got one good family shot from across the street.
This is a statue of Kit Carson who Emily studied this year in 3rd grade. Kit Carson mapped the way to California and is the namesake of this capitol city.
After leaving Carson City, we took Route 50 west which bumps right into Lake Tahoe. We took the short route north to meet back up with I80 in Truckee, CA.
This was one road sign I've never seen before!!
Our last "Welcome To" sign of the long road west. We were happy to be in California!
We did not stop in Tahoe -- as we were anxious to keep going and get to Sacramento for lunch. We'll be back to Tahoe soon -- definitely by the winter to get some more skiing in!
Next stop was Sacramento where we enjoyed a nice long walk around their Capitol Hill.
This amazing Sequoia tree is one of many on the capitol grounds. There were palm trees, orange trees and others native to California.
The last 90 minutes of the drive west went smoothly and we safely arrived at the Residence Inn in San Mateo, CA at about 6pm that evening.
1,611 miles, 5 days, 3 state capitols and a whole lotta road!
We're happy we are here!
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