Sunday August 24, 2025 Carson City, NV to Sacramento, CA

Deb here. We slept great (as usual) at the Super 8 and packed up fairly early. The hotel breakfast was yogurt and granola bars, so we were on the road by 7:30 in search of a decent cup of coffee and tea. 

We set off on Rt. 50 for Sacramento, which is only about 2.5 hours from Carson City. For some reason we thought we’d traveled this road before but quickly realized it was the first time. The route was spectacular, a mountain road overlooking Lake Tahoe and then dropping down next to the shore until the south end of the lake. We stopped at an overlook at one point for the great views.

Once away from the lake the road kept twisting and turning. When we were near Placerville we diverted off the main highway and onto Main St. What a charming little historic town, and one that would be fun to stop in at a later point.

In Shingle Springs we made a stop at Wisegal Coffee for chai lattes and a bagel/scone. Fun coffee shop in an old train station, with train rides running on Sundays. 

From that point it was only 35 minutes to Jake and Nath’s house and we arrived by 11:30 a.m. It is so wonderful to be with our grandbabies (or should I say grand toddlers?) again and so amazing to see how much they’ve changed in two months. We spent the afternoon visiting and getting reacquainted with Alex and Jessie. Dinner and bedtime routine and we headed out to the van at 8:30, pretty tired ourselves!