My husband and I set out for another great day drive through the gold country. As some of you may know gold was discovered in 1848 by James Marshal at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento,California in a beautiful place called Coloma. This discovery set off what was later to be coined the California Gold Rush. Tons of people came west with their sites set on riches. In order to support these folks many “gold towns” sprouted up. It’s always fun to me to go through and visit these towns observing how they have changed over the years. Some are quickly on their way to obscurity while others are being revitalized by wineries, antique shops, coffee houses, and restaurants. I have mixed emotions about the revitalization changes ultimately deciding it is for the best.
Join me on a tour of Columbia, a preserved gold town turned state park.
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Bulldog Travels / Photos By Jenny 
I love the close-ups. Great colors, textures and shapes.
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Thanks Peter! It’s always fun for me to focus in on the details of things most people would walk by and never take a second glance.
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Do you photograph the details or crop photos reveal them?
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Macro. No cropping here friend.
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Thanks. Something else that I need to experiment with
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How fun! Sounds another great place to visit!
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Growing up with Highway 49 running past my front door and living next door to a Gold Rush era graveyard and buildings, I always like blogs on the gold country. Thanks. –Curt
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Glad you like it. There are about four or so coming in the next few weeks. I hope you enjoy them. It was a nice sunny day trip to stop in every town and take some photos. I spent a lot of time a Coloma as a kid. Some of my family are from Pollock Pines if you know where that is so I spent a lot of time up in those parts.
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I was raised in Diamond Springs. 🙂
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I have friends who live there. I like Diamond Springs. They have a wonderful French restaurant there now and a great Irish Pub!
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Wow, I’d better get back up there! The last place I had a meal there it was breakfast at the Diamond Hotel. –Curt
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A very nice stroll down memory lane.
A century and a half ago?
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1850s I suppose or thereabouts. Not as old as some places but old for these parts.
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Quite so “padner”. 🙂
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Ha
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😉
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Really gorgeous photos here. Colors are amazing!
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Thank you!
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Your photos are gorgeous. I like the reflections of the one with the kids panning. The golden sun makes the water look like it is filled with gold. Exciting!
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Thanks. Those kids were great to watch with dreams in their eyes of hitting it rich!
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Columbia is one of my favorite places. When I was a child my family used to camp at Calaveras Big Trees and take a day trip to Columbia. Since then I’ve stayed in the hotels there, been to the Miner’s Christmas, taken my wife, my children and my grandchildren. Murphy’s was also a favorite but it’s become kind of frou-frou lately.
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Agreed about Murphy’s but I still enjoy it. I love Calavaras big trees. One of my favorite places. I went most recently for a day gime earlier in the year. I used to go to Columbia every year for a fire fighter parade they had because my Dad was a firefighter. I remember being young enough that I thought we had traveled to the real Columbia. Lol.
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Nelson’s Candy Store 😋 But the rock shop closed 😢
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Changes are hard.
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There’s some pretty decent restaurants down there nowadays though. Yeah I kind a swanky but the food is good.
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