There are times when I switch the ignition of my car, and have no idea where I will journey before driving back into the garage. 

Nearly always Saturday morning finds me at the local farmer's market, which congregates in a local shopping center parking lot. 

Sacramento has been experiencing morning fog these last few days.  I admit the dismal looking mist can sometimes make me feel a tad melancholy.   But here's the thing about Sacramento - In addition to all the amazing activities and attractions that go on in our fair city, we are blessed to be dwelling in a virtual cradle of amazing sites and opportunities within a 100 mile radius of home.  Do you like seafood and salt air?  We are a mere 89 miles from San Francisco and the Bay Area.  If it's mountains and lakes you prefer, we are less than a 100 miles to Lake Tahoe.  Are you addicted to epicurean delights and fine wines?  It's only an hour away, or 60 miles, to the glorious Napa Sonoma Wine Country.  You name it, and we have it either in our city, or a delightfully easy drive away.

There is also another little fact about living in this cradle of ours - If we are fogged in and need a little therapeutic sunshine, we can travel a few miles up highway 50 or highway 80 and kiss the sun.  Cameron Park is approximately 25 miles or so east on highway 50, and you will nearly always climb out of the fog somewhere between El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park.

Driving east on highway 80, the fog line hits around Newcastle, or 30 minutes from our city.

After leaving the marketplace this morning, my foot found rest on the accelerator traveling through El Dorado Hills, Cameron Park, on into Placerville, and ultimately ending up with magnificent snow covered sights at Lake Tahoe. 

Even at lake's edge, folks stood in awe of the grandeur of the beauty created from winter majesty - so different from that of summer.


written by Myrl Jeffcoat - posted to ActiveRain Blog 12/19/2009
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