Shuffys - Where Are We Now?

Thursday, July 9, 2026

July 9 - Bike Ride and 75th Birthday Celebration

Today, Drew rode his bike to the campground and we rode the trail to show him how to go to Old Sac and downtown (the trail we found yesterday).

This is the Sante Fe steam locomotive at Old Sac. Not as big as Big Boy but still impressive.

Back at their house, they gave me my present … a cherry pitter. Never knew there was such a device till I saw Erin using hers. I made such a fuss about its usefulness that they bought me one, too. Have you ever used one?

Then to continue my birthday celebration, we first went to The Field Brewery for a brew and play Cover your Assets again.

Then Erin met us at Chef Burma for dinner. What a treat. I ordered mango chicken and tea leaf salad. Sooo good.

Look at all the different dishes we had each one was delicious.

After all that delicious food, dessert was fried bananas and ice cream. The candle fireworks was extra special. Never saw a candle like this.

A very special birthday for sure and one I’ll remember for a long time

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

July 8 - Bike Ride

Both Drew and Erin had to work so Shuff and I took off on our bikes to see what other trails we could discover.

We were able to ride 34 miles from our campground to Old Sacramento and into downtown and back to our campground.

Sacramento really had a great vision when they began this trail. We’ve ridden the American River Trail several different years but because of construction on the one bridge, we weren’t able to ride to Old Sac or downtown. With completion of the bridge work, we were able to ride not only the American River Trail, but now we could ride to the Sacramento River Trail

Dinner from Mezcal, a Mexican Restaurant, with Drew and a new game … Cover your Assets. This will be a game we buy and bring home to play with Beth and Ken and Gale and Ken.

July 7 - Winnie’s Project and Frito Pie

with Winnie’s short legs and the hot black tiles on Drew and Erin’s back porch, Winnie needed a ramp to go down the stairs to the back yard.

Shuff made it happen.

Then while Drew took his grad students for a graduation celebration, we gave Erin her choice for dinner. She chose Frito Pie (one of our favorite camping choices).

Good day and evening.

Monday, July 6, 2026

July 6 - Bike Ride, World Cup and Sewing Project

Drew brought his bike over to the RV so we could ride the American River Trail from our campground. You can ride it out of our campground to Folsom Lake, about 40 miles one way.

Stopped at a really pretty spot to put our feet in the River. It was just cold enough to be refreshing.

At 5 o’clock USA was playing Belgium in the World Cup so we went to the Porchlight bar to watch. It was a rather boring game because the US just couldn’t put an offense together. They lost 1-3.

Back at their house, Erin and I began one of the beautiful fabric projects she brought home from South Africa … skirts.

Tomorrow we hope to sew the panels together

July 5 - Time with Drew and Erin

Before we left for Sacramento, we watched Arlo while Shan went for a run with her friend Erica. Pappy and Arlo made pancakes and then we played in his playroom for a little bit before Arlo just laid down and fell asleep.

Then it was time to drive down the hill to Sacramento to spend 5 days with Drew and Erin. We stay at Cal Exp Campground which is about 10 minutes from their house.

We met them in Old Sacramento at the newly opened Bier Garten, a Belgian Brewery.

We played a new game called Power to the Pets. Fun game

Then back to their house for dinner and s’mores at the FPZ (fire pit zone). They brought chocolate bars home from South Africa so we had them in our s’mores … really tasty.