Sacramento Getaway in Calistoga

Published July 3, 2016 | By Elizabeth Weintraub

This metal sculpture of a horse in Calistoga is Elizabeth Weintraub’s favorite kind of horse.

Among all the places to go for the 4th of July, a Sacramento getaway in Calistoga sounded very appealing. We have house sitters to take care of our trio of cats and home. And there are a huge number of places a person can go for a weekend to get out of Sacramento. As the saying goes, Sacramento is a delightful place to live because it is close to so many other places far more delightful. They don’t come right out and say it, but that is precisely what people mean.

There is some truth to it as well. Especially when the temperature in Sacramento is over 100 degrees, like it’s been lately. During our Sacramento getaway in Calistoga, the temperature has ranged between a morning low of around 60 and an afternoon high of about 85. It’s a slower pace, more kickback, without as many tourists as, say, St. Helena.

The phone calls from clients to this Sacramento Realtor has been nonexistent this weekend. I’ve had a few callers who sound like they are already preoccupied when they decide to call some random number looking for a rental and wonder if I can help, but only after they share their life story of misery, which makes me regret ever having written a blog about selling rental homes in Sacramento since that’s how they find me. Regardless of how many times I explain that agents do not work with tenants, they can’t seem to fathom that explanation because, after all, they read it on the internet, even if they didn’t read every word, and gosh darn it my name was there.

I don’t have to answer my phone but I do.

Below are a few interesting photos I shot while walking around and enjoying our Sacramento getaway in Calistoga. We explored many of the shops, enjoyed a spa massage for couples, and lounged about the pool, mostly relaxing and preparing for our next adventure at the wineries.