Thursday
We are now in our last days in U.S.A. and staying in Folsom Lake State Park, about a mile from the Folsom Prison, though you can barely see it from the road.
We have spent a relaxing couple of days mooching around the shops here. Scooping up new clothes as Sally and I have needed a new wardrobe. Having visited the huge Westfield Mall on Monday evening we then set about some serious shopping. We are strategically placed between three Walmarts and I think we have emptied them all. Though reality has sort of set in as we have only 23kgs of luggage each to bring home.
On Wednesday we spent some time looking round Auburn, both at the shops and the town. Auburn was first settled in 1848, at the start of the gold rush (first gold found at Sutters Creek just 35 miles away) and became the commercial centre, once it had gone through the normal several burning down's, which seems to be the mark of almost every town in the west that was built in the nineteenth century, it settled into a very pretty little town. We had a walk around and a coffee/tea in Tsuda's Eatery, an interesting place. It started as a Buddhist temple, was bought by a Japanese man and became a School. In the Second World War the Japanese were interred (yes America does have skeletons in its closet as well), building on his release he had to buy back his own building and started a grocery, then eventually it became a cafe, fascinating history.
For lunch we took our picnic down the Auburn Ravine. A steep valley which has a major road. We had driven our van and trailer down it in 2011, but not had time to stop and look at the lovely views. the ravine has been cut by the American River and is a picnic area. Very pretty.
On Wednesday evening we drove past Folsom Prison, just to see it really.
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
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