“She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.”
~
Frank Deford

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Vacation in the Sierras

I went on vacation again :) I stayed in a town called Angels Camp, CA - it's in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, about an hour east of Stockton, CA. It's called the Gold Country, because there was a lot of gold mining in the area and logging, too. Nowadays, there are a lot of vineyards and tasting rooms. Most of the towns there have old buildings from the 1800s in their downtowns, so they try to promote old-timey tourism.

Here are some photos from my vacation.

Mercer Cavern

Our tour guide

At Railtown 1897 (train museum)




Our tour guide, again!

Calaveras Big Tree State Park


Downtown Angels Camp

Calaveras County Historical Museum


Road work ahead!

Ironwood Winery

Wine cave


New Melones Lake

Columbia State Historical Park

Sunsets in the mountains