It was such nice weather today that we decided to venture out and explore downtown Sacramento. We went on a free tour of the State Capital which was very interesting.
We never knew so little about a building we see all the time! Extremely symbolic, this building has quite a history!
Everything inside stands for something - from the green carpet in the Assembly to the red carpet in the Senate. The green and red carpet are taken from the House of Lords and House of Commons in England.There is even a symbolic King and Queen's chair in the Senate!
The flying seahorses on the lights represent California being near the coast, and close to the soaring mountains.
The staircases all have hand carved
woodwork, such as the photo here which
shows the head of the California Grizzley Bear
which portrays strength.
After our tour, we went to Old Sac and found some LetterBoxes and enjoyed the 60 degree sunny day in the middle of January!
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