In the Gold country

On October 30 we wanted to drive eastwards to over the Tioga Pass to Mono Lake and then to Death Valley. Tough luck the Pass was closed as it snowed the day before, so we decided to go northwestwards and found :

From Sonora to Eldorado and North of Sacramento. A nice 3 day drive in the sun and temperatures around 25 C

Hello Europe ---- They found Gold !

All started here, when Sutter and Marshall found Gold, building a sawmill on the American River in 1848





Once the news spread, it started a huge
flow of up to 300.000 people from all over the world and San Francisco went from a tiny settlement to a city with 25000 in 1850. Those interested read in the Internet on Wikipedia : California Gold Rush


Place where Sutters sawmill
was built in Coloma

Todays school classes come and try to find some gold, where there is now a State park along the American River





We found beautiful places for our RV

at the American River

and on the banks of the Sacramento River

but : No gold !