Dining in Donner Pass

Jax's at the Tracks

We woke up this morning to clear blue skies and a cool nip in the air.  It was a beautiful day for exploring Truckee.  I got all my exploring done early when I took Kathe all around the resort. There are sites here for sale as well as the nightly rentals, but everything is so close together I don't think we will stay here again. Especially since Jim had to rewash the whole passenger side of the coach when the sprinklers sprayer all the way up past the windows.  Boy, was he upset! (swear words, again)  He got all the water spots off, but now the skies are looking cloudy.  I'm keeping my paws crossed that it doesn't rain tonight.

The Donner Memorial

Kathe and Jim went exploring in historic old town Truckee this afternoon.  All the old brick buildings are restored and there are all kinds of shops and restaurants down the main street.  They had lunch in a place that Kathe had seen on Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives, called Jax's at the Tracks.

Jax's is a 1948 Kullman Diner that was built in Newark, NJ and  shipped here from West Chester, PA in 1995. The owner spent over a million dollars to restore it.  It's the only authentic East Coast Diner on the West Coast. The lunch was delicious.  Jim said it was the best Rubin sandwich he ever ate, and Kathe had the crab cake eggs Benedict with a homemade English muffin just like Guy Fieri recommended on TV.

After lunch Kathe and Jim went to the Donner Memorial State Park which has recently opened a new Museum and Visitors Center.  In addition to the exhibit on the Donner Party and the Emigrant Trail there were exhibits about the native Washoe people, and the Chinese who built the railroad through the Donner Pass.

Tomorrow will be another long drive all the way to Santa Nella.