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Travel Blogs from Grass Valley

Mining Hub Area of California Gold Rush

A travel blog entry by albertoglenda

... as it happened early on in the trip.
Nevada City, do not confuse it with the State of Nevada, is only twenty minutes ride from here. It used to be the main hub town of the California Gold Rush, where people from all over the world came to try their luck on the shiny stuff. Memorabilia of those times is present with each step you take down main street and even the surrounding area. The old mining town appearance is ...

High Sierra Historic Mining Towns

A travel blog entry by jilnmike

... downtown so I turn that direction. Still no more directional signs.

We wind up in a residential area- I hate that as our combined length is over 51'. Residential streets have a bad habit of getting narrow and culminating in a dead end. Ever tried turning around a rig that size on a 30' wide residential street? Your right, it's darned near impossible.

Anyway, Jil fires up the "smart phone", finds an escape route out ...

Visiting family and California

A travel blog entry by chris-austin

I attended my last AMA session Sunday morning. It was called motorcycle matchmaker. The presentation by Christine Firehock was fascinating and was all about matching the bike to the rider instead of contorting the rider to the bike. As a woman, I really related to how she explained preparing for a corner and taking the bike with me rather than the bike taking me around the corner. It ...

Photos

A travel blog entry by annhobbs

... memory, which I was suspecting, but found about very quickly into the trip. It required modifying a lot of what we did. but over all she was game. Blaire was a quiet trooper and the trip and having here on the trip was indeed a pleasure. I would travel with her again. I could not have climbed to the top of the hill if not for her patience in waiting for me when I slowed down. It was a good trip and I hope it did for my Mom what she wanted it to ...

We Take Off Tomorrow

A travel blog entry by beemerdave

Last year, a friend of ours went to Spain on a motorcycle tour of the Pyrenees. His stories and pictures were just awesome! This got us thinking about maybe returning to France for a similar trip sometime soon.
As luck would have it, a co-worker of Janet's who happens to live in France was visiting the company headquarters here in Nevada City late last ...