Long Black Train

So remember that fantastical GPS that we got for Christmas? Well, we took our first out of town trip with it on Sunday up to the Train Museum in Sacramento. It got us there fine, worked great. We had a great time at the museum, the kids especially. T could have spent the whole day just watching the giant toy train setup they have.




And to be honest, it is pretty impressive. In the next room over from this one there is a large Thomas the Tank Engine setup for all the kids to play with and the scream about when their parents make them leave. Not that ours did, just all the other kids who were there, but not ours.

After our time at the museum, we walked around Old Town Sacramento and saw that the place has changed into a bevy of candy shops, or 'shoppes', and junk stores. Kinda disappointing. So after our walk, we were hungry as we weren't going to eat with the bikers who were populating the area. And this is where our GPS adventure started.

We were using the GPS to find a restaurant in the area and we saw a Back 40 in Roseville. If you haven't eaten at one of these, consider it a major loss for you. Since it was 20 miles away, we tried to find something at Arden Fair instead. That didn't go over so well, so my lovely wife set up our electronic navigational buddy to take us to the Back 40 in Roseville. Or so she thought. After about 15 minutes driving back towards our house (which is the opposite direction of Roseville) I discovered that she had selected a Back 40 in Pleasant Hill, which is near our house. Apparently she had somehow changed the origin for where to search for the restaurant, so I guess all in all, though this wonderful device will tell you how to get where your going without any real issues, if you can't use the device, it's just as bad as not being able to read the directions on the map.

But soon will come the story of us going bowling on New Year's Eve. Not at night because we don't go out after 7 anymore. Well, hardly ever.