SACRAMENTO California, a truly amazing state.  I’ve been fortunate enough to visit it many times for different reasons.  I have been to the capital, Sacramento three times.  The first time was on a trip Mike and I took to visit my brother, Bob and Kathy  at their new home in […]

The Big Peach ATL Driving in from the airport I noticed the very beautiful, contemporary skyline that is Atlanta.  But one of the more distinctive buildings is the gold dome of the state capitol.  Not only does it hold its own in the cityscape even though it is dwarfed by  the other buildings of downtown […]

LINCOLN Since its February and the month we celebrate Presidents Day I thought it was appropriate to feature the capitols  that honor presidents.  Up first  is Lincoln, Nebraska.  As it turns out I have been there three times.  I visited Lincoln when I was about 4 years old the first time.  My dad was going […]

AUGUSTA In an unexpected move, literally, Collin got a job in Portland, Maine and moved across country from Tacoma, Washington to “the right coast”, Maine.  I helped out with Aida the first week and so of course Aida and I had to make the 50 mile trip to the capital, Augusta.  I was so excited to […]

SALT LAKE CITY With all the back to school blitz going on this time of year I remembered the trip we took to Salt Lake City in 1996 for one last summer trip before school started.  The plan was to go swimming in the Great Salt Lake and then visit the capitol.  We had gone […]

SALEM The striking feature of the Oregon capitol is that there is no exterior dome.  A fun fact is that it is one of five capitol buildings in the country that is designed in the art deco style which is noted in the sleek lines and no traditional dome.  The dominant feature of the capitol […]