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Not only is Sutter’s Fort a triple snarf (state, national register and national historic landmark), if you can get there during opening hours it’s a museum as well!

We hooked up with Rendiru there, a non-Markeroon friend, and spent a happy hour reading about the discovery of gold and Sutter, a person who could have been very rich but couldn’t seem to keep the money from leaking out of his hands.

The national historic landmark plaque is outside the main entrance. We covered it in mascots.

Here’s a statue of John Sutter, in which we once again demonstrate that amusing things can be done with perspective.

There’s a monument to Sutter inside, as well. We spent some time figuring out whether or not we should count it as a snarf.

The museum has been set up to reflect life how it was in the mid-19th century. Sutter’s fort made a lot of barrels, and in fact this was one of the place’s primary functions.

As we moved from building to building, we made guesses at what might be found within. Startling audiotapes, triggered by motion, made us jump every time we moved close enough. Sometimes, more than one tape would be playing at once.

This, however, is the Historic Toilet.

There were storerooms and workrooms and this, I believe, was a guest room.

Afterwards, we took a break in the evening sunlight and laughed at the antics of a kid who was chasing the local ducks.

From left to right that’s WanderingRaleighite, AmberLee, beautyredefined and Rendiru.

That concluded the festivities for the day. We headed to the intriguing Tower Cafe for dinner. Its setting is an old movie theatre and inside it’s crammed with ornamentation from all over the world.

The yummy food didn’t hurt, either. :)