Here is the next day of my trek through the foothills of central California; where I get lost and find myself in Murphys and am glad to have done it. I really liked this gold-country area!
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| Tuolumne County Museum on my brisk morning walk around Sonora |
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| Fun windows |
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| The Catholic Church. I had to get this close to avoid having electrical power lines in my shot. |
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| I'm a dog lover, so...... |
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| County Courthouse |
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| Methodist Church |
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| Fun Victorian house |
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| colorful flora |
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| Morning light on the dentist's mansion details |
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| Explanation re: the Sonora Inn-Hotel |
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| The White Dome sits above town, but is currently idle, despite many efforts to fill it with activity. I did learn that the local radio station broadcasts from the basement of this building. |
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| Handsome face |
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| Architectural art-shot |
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| Do you feel like you're falling down these stairs? I had to cling to the railing. |
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| New Melones Lake |
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| and from a bit farther back |
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| I like the way the rocks stick out in highlight |
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| Back to Calaveras County. I liked this sign of theirs |
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| Spontaneous decision to check out the Natural Bridge after spotting the sign. Don't know how far it is, but it's all down hill. |
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| The forest deepens as I descend. |
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| Overlooking the south opening of the Natural Bridge. |
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| I must go down the steps to get to the creek |
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| I'm at the opening! |
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| Looking into the opening |
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| Same view only light-adjusted for the interior. |
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| Very weird rock drippings inside |
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| After an overland hike, I come to the way down to the north opening, but it's slippery rock and very steep, so I hesitate. |
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| Smooth rock creek bed, which is so different-seeming from the "cave" interior |
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| There's the north opening, and some college students who came to study it from Columbia College |
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| Weird rock opening |
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| Zoom on the texture |
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| Coming back up and out, I spy this lit tunnel |
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| Brilliant color spot |
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| Got lost, turned east instead of west, and discovered Murphys, a town I will return to explore for sure |
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| Still trying to get out of Murphys, I know I've gone wrong when I see this sign. We are expecting snow! |
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| The pass will stay closed until Spring. |
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| This frog is for my mother, even tho' it's not really jumping. |
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| Angel's Camp- where the Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is famous |
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| The jumping frog emblem |
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| Jeffery's ancestor, I'm told, was Black Bart |
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| Mokelumne Hills church |
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| The IOOF hall |
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| Churches in Jackson |
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| Took a side road and found the Serbian Church and graveyard. (and obnoxious power lines, dammit) |
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| This church is on the National Historic Register |
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| Back out into the big central valley |
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| Round barn |
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| Had to check out why the ground had such funny shapes sticking up at Michigan Bar Rd. |
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| Turns out, this was a gold diggin's, and these are the piles of rock left behind |
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| The road leads on to........ |
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| Signs of industry |
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| Statues adorn the fence posts. This is only one side of the gateway. The other side is the same |
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| Big man statue at Silverado Building Materials and Nursery |
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| Approaching our State Capitol, Sacramento |
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| They are burning off the rice fields before flooding them. |
Well, there you go. I don't know where I'll go next, but I sure do need to get up the north coast. I'm hoping Jeffery and I can do that together.
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