Sacramento

For November, we had a wonderful drive though California’s Gold Country along our historic (what else?) Highway 49. And, after passing such historic towns such as Jackson, Mokelumne Hill, and Angel’s Camp, we stopped at an unusual place known my…

For our September FSD. we took a route known for its natural beauty around the country. It was so beautiful that the old section of US 40 was kept while I-80 was completed in the early 60s.  We passed the Maiden's Grave on CA 20, the grave of a…

For the Sacramento Sections August First Sunday Drive, organizer Kris Summitt resurrected a favorite drive with a twist of some new roads.  It was a perfect time to drive to the coast, with valley temperatures over 100 and the temperature at Bodega…

On May 20th, members of the Sacramento Section visited the ruins of a home that would have been the dream house of then-best selling author Jack London.  In 1911, London started building his 26 room, 15,000 sf dream house. He and his family were…

For our May First Sunday Drive, we drove though some nearby foothills where parts of the 1958 classic The Big Country, was filmed. And along the way though the curves and rolling hills, we spotted an event thought to be long extinct from California…