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