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Travel

robertpaulsen

(8,697 posts) Wed Feb 7, 2018, 12:56 PM Feb 2018

The Mother Lode Highway in California - Hwy 49 - is a beautiful road trip! [View all]

California Highway 49 is named after the 49ers who came to this state in their search for gold in 1849. Driving past the little towns along the highway in Sierra County was a wonderful scenic journey!

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The Mother Lode Highway in California - Hwy 49 - is a beautiful road trip! [View all] robertpaulsen Feb 2018 OP

Very enjoyable! cilla4progress Feb 2018 #1

My wife and I filmed this in May 2017. robertpaulsen Feb 2018 #3

Love it up through there, man ... a lot of my youth spent on car rallies w/folks ... mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #2

Wow, I didn't know there were caverns in that area! robertpaulsen Feb 2018 #5

Mercer Cavern is very close to Sonora, further south on the 49 but still very much 'Gold Country' mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #8

Thanks so much for that link, mr_lebowski! robertpaulsen Feb 2018 #9

I look forward to hearing how much you loved the trip :) mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #11

Can you give me a little more pinpoint on cilla4progress Feb 2018 #4

This is north of I-80, near the Nevada border. robertpaulsen Feb 2018 #6

So, cilla4progress Feb 2018 #7

Yep! robertpaulsen Feb 2018 #10

The quality of your videos is so good, I hope you're working on a distribution deal. hedda_foil Feb 2018 #12

Thanks hedda_foil! robertpaulsen Feb 2018 #13

Another great town along Hwy 49: Downieville! robertpaulsen Feb 2018 #14