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1 Tubing the cool rivers of Chico .
2 Uncorking the emerging wine scene in Lodi .
3 Tasting the Valley's produce in Sacramento's farmers markets .
4 Discovering the legacy of people who built the Chinese Temple and lake at
Oroville .
5 Grooving in a Bakersfield honkytonk to the sounds of musical icons.
6 Bumping down world-class rapids on Kern River .
7 Circling the maypole during Kingsburg's Swedish festival .
8 Exploring the levees and farms of the Sacramento River Delta .
SACRAMENTO VALLEY
The labyrinth of waterways that makes up the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta feeds
the San Francisco Bay and divides the Central Valley in half, with the Sacramento Valley
in the north and the San Joaquin Valley in the south.
The Sacramento River, California's largest, rushes out of the northern mountains from
Shasta Lake before hitting the Sacramento Valley basin above Red Bluff. It then snakes
south across grassy plains and orchards before lazily skirting the state capital, fanning
across the Delta and draining into the San Francisco Bay. The valley is at its most beautiful
in the bloom of spring. The shaded gardens and stately homes of Sacramento, the state
capital, and its progressive neighbor, the college town of Davis, offer friendly respites
from the sun in the summer.
Sacramento
Sacramento is a city of contrasts. It's a former cow town where state legislators' SUVs go
bumper-to-bumper with farmers' muddy, half-ton pickups at rush hour. It has sprawling
suburbs, but also new lofts and upscale boutiques squeezed between aging midcentury
storefronts.
The people of 'Sac' are a resourceful lot that have fostered small but thriving food, art
and nightlife scenes. They rightfully crow about Second Saturday , the monthly Midtown
 
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