Gold Country

We spent yesterday in Coloma, Ca. The gold rush of 1849 was started in this area. The town of Coloma is now a state park. There is a museum and lots of buildings from that era that has been saved. They have lots of exhibits about the gold mining that took place here. The road into this area is very curvy and very steep. The first pic is the place where that first nugget was found by James Marshall. The statue is of Marshall pointing to the place where he found the nugget. The 4th pic is overlooking the valley from the base of the statue. The statue is on top of the hill above the river. The 2nd pic is an overlook on the road to Auburn, Ca after leaving Coloma. This road was as curvy and steep as the road we took to get there, but better scenery. We were planning to visit a couple of other towns in the area, but as we usually do, we ran out of time. Route 49 runs through the gold belt and is REALLY a pretty drive. I don't think I would like to drive the motorhome on this road, it is STEEP with a lot of horseshoe bend turns. We would like to be able to spend more time around here to explore more. We went to Sutter's fort the day before. It is in Sacramento and is also a state park and it is right downtown. It is the original building. So much to see we don't know where to go next. Stacy will be here on Friday to run around with us for a few days. It will great to be able to spend some time with her. I think I need a rest from all this fun.....lol

Till next time

Duane and Louise