Calavaras was a good visit yesterday. It was notable that the California State Park folks (Calavaras, Bodie) were much more friendly than the feds in Yosemite and Sequoia. We stayed at the Murphys Hotel last night and got to eat off real plates with silverware, instead of styrofoam and plastic knives and forks. Progress!
Lots of folks from the bay area are moving up into the Sierra foothills. Lots of traffic, any many new subdivisions in the area.
You were but a few miles from Angles Camp.
The location for The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
The cabin where Samuel Clemens wrote it is still there.
good thing you’re headed to the coast. The Big Valley will be 105deg tomorrow. Ouch.