September 14 Old Town Petaluma

 

Saturday, September 14  Old Town Petaluma

I kinda like it here.  I get to walk on grass.  There are birdies.  But there are also dogs.  I don’t like them.  I drag my human home when I see them.

Woke to overcast skies.  It is quite cool, and we are a bit slow to get going.  We waited just a bit for the sun to break through then headed back to Shollenberger Park.  Yesterday, we went left, today we went right and followed the trail around to a slough.  We once bounced around the bay area in our boat for a couple of weeks.  We didn’t quite make Petaluma as we didn’t time the tides right, but now we see it from this side.  It is great walking and would be great for bike riding, but so many parts of it are closed right now, it wouldn’t be worth unloading the bikes.

Back at Artee, we readied ourself for our day.  We are going to Old Town to check it out.  Old Town oozes character.  Many of the buildings were built in the 1920’s.  They have all sorts of architectural details, extensive moulding, and some pretty fancy artwork.  The old treasury building, which was also a Wells Fargo, is now a store selling fancy eyeglasses, as well as some art.  The ceilings are about 30 high, the old vault is there, but retail is its thing.  I was more interested in the buildings then the merchandise inside.  They are all mom and pop stores, no chains (outside of a Starbucks).  A few of the facades had been updated a little, but they still maintained the original charm and character.  Tons of consignment stores, antiques, tattoos and of course… food.  We ate at a Peruvian restaurant on the slough that was tres yummy.  Oops, I guess it was muy yummy…   Lots of action on a Saturday. 

We drove up and down some of the residential streets gawking at the homes.  Some were blah, but some were amazing.  Some beautiful Victorians and Craftsman homes, and some tiny post war homes all mixed together.  Then we walked around some more til Spouse’s legs fell off.  We had to come home then…