The night was spent in Dixon, CA.  Altho' Dixon was not one of Sarah's areas it is somewhat in the middle of the three areas she served in the first year of her mission - Woodland, Fairfield and Winters. Thursday morning it was a bit rainy so an indoor activity was a good choice.  Fairfield is home of the Jelly Belly factory.  Their free tour was the only really touristy event of the week.  AND they give free samples throughout the tour and at the end.

Pres. Regan made Jelly Belly's famous, having them in the White House, so in the entry of the factory they have his portrait made of 10,000 jelly bellies.  They have an entire gallery of famous people displayed throughout the tour.

It was a short drive up Interstate 80 to Davis, CA.  Davis is as far east as Sarah's mission goes and is nearly the western suburb of Sacramento.  We had an out-of-this-world lunch at 'Plutos'.  One of the 'gems' of Davis is the arboretum that runs the length of the U.C. Davis campus.  It is divided into distinct "areas", Australian, Redwood Forest, Native Calif., etc...  The trail on each side of the man made waterway is peaceful and beautiful.

The 'gateway' to the arboretum is an archway of shovels, symbols of this agricultural school.

 

 The afternoon and evening were spent in nearby Winters, Sarah's 3rd area.  Winters is a small Yolo County town of about 6,000.  Visits were made to a few of the choice families in town after a brief walk down the 19th century old town.

The good Bishop of Winters and his family, including his mother and grandparents, who all live on a little farm outside of town provided a hearty family style dinner.  They house the missionaries (including Sarah) in the old 'bunk house'.

The Tippetts