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High Sierra Historic Mining Towns
... 2500 feet in elevation on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Sugar pines and oak trees dominate the hills. Grass valley is the home of the Empire Mine. Over 5 million ounces of gold were extracted from the mine from1850 until its closure in 1956.
Nevada City (3000 souls) is close by. This city as well as Grass Valley were important during the early gold rush days of the 1850's. Many of the historic homes and ...
Northern California
... le tyto dvě země. Kdosi mi řekl, že mu naše čeština zní jako švédština.....??? Občas někdo tipne Rusko, když tak nějak rozpozná náš slovanský jazyk. Někdo nás tipoval i na Australany. Že by naše angličtina byla už tak dobrá?:-) Posledně jsem se vážně zasmál, to když nás Hispánec, který mluví španělsky zařadil do Kolumbie, kde se mluví také ...
Chico State
Flew up to Sacramento with Garrett and Tony picked us up to go to Chico for the weekend. Went to Sierra Nevada Brewery on Saturday afternoon for a tour and sampling of the beers. On Friday night, Garrett and I both didn't make it back to Tony's. I woke up and watched the League at 7am, charged my phone, and figured out where Tony lived once I had his ...
Photos
If you have read any of these you'll notice the photos stopped early on. I found I could only do the blog and not the photos at the same time. We are starting to look through them and will add them. Blaire will be editing the blog this summer and we will be turning it into a book for our remembrance. Thank your for your comments. I put lively info in, and some of the harder things were intentionally left out. My mom is having difficulty with her ...
A grand day out...
a morning / lunch meeting with great folks at CSUS, then a run for Chico... the folks here are great!
After the meeting my host Prof. DeBrito walked me around campus and the Farmers market before we meet his wife and a colleague for dinner at Sierra Nevada.
Arrived it was 108f (42.2c)... The light was interesting as the smoke from the forest fires turned the sun orange
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