Nov 16th and 17th.. touring with the cousins

Happy Birthday Bob!!! #69...On the 16th Tom & Denna came over for a visit and to see where we were located. They have camped up in this area but not at this park. We talked family and shared pictures for about 3 hours before they scooted for home. The next day they came back and took us for a tour of the delta. They took us to places we would never have found on our own. Like the little city of Locke. It is the only rural Chinese town left in the United States. In 1915, the town was built after a fire destroyed the Chinatown in nearby Walnut Grove. Because the California Alien Land Act prohibited Chinese from owning property, the Chinese built the town on land owned by George Locke. Today, the town still looks almost as it did 50 years ago. It was added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 1970. The Chinese were responsible for building the levees, harvesting and working the pear orchards, and building the railroad.

Denna & Tom Borges in the memorial garden in Locke
Typical building in Locke. Business on the main level and home upstairs.
The back of the triangular monument in the garden. One side is in english and one side is in chinese. The third side is a bronze casting depicting the town and it's residents.
The bottom panel shows the main street of Locke, the next panel shows the harvesting of pears.
The next panel is building the railroad and the top panel is building the levees.
Looking down main street.

We also drove by the Grand Island Mansion (owned by Shirley Temple Black's in laws) built in 1917. It is a beautiful building and now used as rental for weddings etc. We had dinner at Rogelios in Isleton and it was a 4 country menu.. american, italian, mexican and chinese.

We drove into Rio Vista to experience Foster's Bar and Grill. When you go in the front door you see mounted heads of every animal imaginable. Dad would have loved it. There was even an elephant head. Most of it was moose, deer, bear etc. We didn't stay, just looked.