Round The World and other travels
A frequent flyer's collection of trip diaries
This is: Roaming the Rust Belt (2017)
The Golden State beckons
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 ABOVE and LEFT: Arrival at Sacramento |
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With an 0740 departure out of Detroit Metro Airport on the first
part of a two-leg journey to Sacramento, California, it was a
particularly early start for me. I took an airport shuttle bus to
the North terminal, marvelling at the sheer size of DTW and thinking
that physically, it must be one of the largest airports in the
world. The two sections of my subsequent journey westwards are covered in the 'Flights'
section, accessible using the black menu bar above.
I eventually arrived early into Sacramento and effortlessly picked up my next rental car, a black Ford Focus registered in Oregon. I drove to Old Sacramento, parked and had a wander around this popular (if somewhat tacky) historical area.
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The highlight was renewing my acquaintance with the California State Railroad Museum, first visited by me in 2006.
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Later, I drove to Roseville and checked in at
the Hilton Garden Inn. This seemed quite basic-looking for a Garden
Inn, and there were too many 'loud' guests for my liking. Still,
none of the noisy crowd were located near me, and my usual technique
of turning up the fan on the air-conditioning unit was able to mask
extraneous noise and allow me to get a good night's sleep. The
three-hour time difference from the Rust Belt obviously helped too.