Secrets

Parking in Sacramento sucks. I tried a couple of early-bird lots, but one only had 30 slots at the top of a 6-story tower, and the other uses parking attendants to move the cars upstairs, and in doing so they swiped my rear door (and I'm still waiting to hear back from them on how they will cover it). However, after 2 months, I'm closer to finding all the secret 10-hour, 50-cents-an-hour street parking sites south of the Capitol building. Here's a not-so-scientific list of sites:

- 14th & P
- 13th & N
- The park around 16th & Q

Parking is not on every corner or side of the street near these intersections. They are merely pointers; if you go near these intersections, you will find your parking.

To complicate things, the meters only accept quarters, although they say they accept quarters or debit cards. And most of them are not marked with signs. You will have to park, get out of your car, and peer down into the parking meter to see if it says in tiny letters, "10-hour parking."

But hey, it's worth it. And it's the only exercise I get.