Sacramento

Here I am with a catch-up post about Sacramento...

Our 2 weeks in Sacramento were such a blast! For some reason we all had these preconceived notions that Sacramento would be boring and awful with nothing to do. We were seriously mistaken. Sacramento is a beautiful city and we were here at the perfect time of year! We had 2 weeks of perfect fall weather which was great for exploring the many parks and cute neighborhoods in Sacramento. We should have known it would be a good town when we arrived at the airport baggage claim and saw this...

The nice weather was also great for our many company picnics that we held outside the loading dock on 2-show days. We used our fabulous grill we got in Kansas City and everyone brought things - steak, chicken, asparagus, pasta salad, cookies, cakes - you name it! It was a great, relaxing way to spend our time between shows. Getting a bite to eat, playing frisbee or scrabble and enjoying the fresh air.

One of the most exciting things we did in Sacramento was a group outing to Spaan's Cookie Company, about a half hour outside the city. The cookie company is owned by the Spaan family and their son Rick is the roomate of Jennifer, one of our new swings. They were incredibly gracious and gave us an in depth tour of the cookie factory!

Here we all are wearing our hairnets...

We got to watch them mix the dough...

put it into the machine that shapes the cookie, which then puts the dough onto the belt that moves through the oven and even the packaging. Here is Richard peeking through the window in the oven...

Georgia patiently waiting for the cookies to come out of the oven...

Almost here...

FRESH BAKED COOKIES!

We got to eat the fresh, hot Russian Tea Cookies right off the belt from the oven!! At the end of the tour the Spaan family sent us home with several grocery bags full of cookies, bread and pies! Everyone in the company definitely enjoyed the treats!

Over the past few weeks we have been saying goodbye to some of our company members, little by little, as they leave "Drowsy" to start a new project. Here is a photo of Kevin, our Flyman's "Happy Trails"... Corona's and Rootbeer! (AFTER the show of course!)

Overall was a grand 2 weeks - I think one of my favorite cities on the whole tour!

Next up... Denver...