September 4, 2006

  • At Gold Rush Days in Old Sacramento I was able to go on a tour of the historic underground city of Sacramento, before the streets were raised in the 1850s. I also cracked a 6-foot whip and just learned a lot. It's in our nature as humans to learn, so it felt good to be a part of that. It also didn't hurt that only about 596 people were able to go on the tour - the first tour for the public ever. I certainly was a part of a privileged group. I also saw yellow watermelon, not the typical red watermelon that I have always had. Overall, it has been a good weekend thus far.

    We often take for granted all that is around us. There is a saying that we don't know what we had until it is gone. Far too often, that is true. I've said it before and it doesn't hurt for me to say it again - appreciate what you have and let the people around you know that you appreciate them. You never know when they are no longer in your life.