Eunice, Sydney and Suzanne departed from Scotts Valley last week for a day outing to the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. Eager to view the Edgar Payne exhibit there (58 of his paintings) they expected a drive of just over 2 hours.
As sometimes happens in life, things did not turn out quite as expected. Despite being armed to the teeth with cell phones, smart phones and GPS devices, none of the happy threesome were aware of the fact that I80 freeway was closed in both directions near Davis. They eventually discovered that a “police action” was underway. This turned out to be a crazy person who shot somebody, car jacked 3 vehicles (including a farm tractor) and disturbingly, got shot dead by police later in the day.
Our 3 Musketeers eventually stopped for nourishment somewhere in the traffic nightmare and finally arrived, thanks to Eve, Eunice’s Prius based GPS system, at the Crocker Museum after 5 hours on the road.
The Edgar Payne show was wonderful – a lot was learned. No photos are shown of the Payne paintings to avoid any copyright issues. We are posting permitted photos of items from the permanent collection at the Crocker.
We had a great time even though the traffic situation made for an extra long day. Thanks to our fearless driver, Eunice, we all arrived home safely to tell the story.
Another adventure for our adventurous artists. All is well that ends well.
Glad everyone is back safe and sound.