Dragged Jesse out of bed ridiculously early for non-working folks and drove old bluey up the delta for a bit of old town exploration. Mosied through Rio Vista and Isleton and on to Locke, a town built in 1915 by the Chinese population of nearby Walnut Grove after a fire ravaged their section of town. In its heyday, Locke boasted a movie theatre, gambling halls, the necessary brothels and a fish market, as well as around 1000 inhabitants.
Today, not so much. Lots of neat buildings and historical information though.
Really wanted to get lunch at Al the Wops as we'd heard they serve a mean steak (and little else) and put out peanut butter and jelly sandwich fixings as a side. Sadly we got there just in time for a Del Monte employee holiday party or something and there wasn't a squeeze of room to be had anywhere inside.
Since there are only two restaurants in Locke, we ended up here. Not bad, but its no steak and pb & j.
In case you forgot, this is river territory.
The nearby Delta Meadows state park makes for some lovely nature with sloughs and an island and lots of wildlife, though we're unable to confirm this particular angle as we didn't stay very long.
Crossed the river and stopped by the Ryde Hotel. Can't wait til we can pull up by boat.
The Ryde Hotel used to entertain movie stars and other fashionables during the days of jazz and prohibition. Its still done up in the art deco style, though its more of the 90's doing the 20's than we'd like. Still, they do offer a champagne brunch on Sundays and that's always a wondrous event.
Found some abandoned silos along the river and poked around before heading home. So many levee roads, you could spend hours exploring it all. And if you had a boat...
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Wanna Go for a Ryde? Sorry, couldn't help it. You can access all this good stuff by taking hwy 4 east from the bay area to the 160 north and following the signs.