> Yes, wonderful!!  We just spent some time in the
 > Mother Lode during spring
 > break.  The Angel's Camp site isn't a hotel...or if
 > there is one, let me know!
The literature we got said it was at "the hotel"...but I will let you know.
 > will find the cabin.  We
 > combined that with a stop at the Angel's Camp city
 > park where there is a big statue of Mark Twain himself!
Sounds good to me. I have printed out all this wonderful information, and 
will stick it inside the California Tour Book and Mother Lode Country map 
that AAA gave us.
 > rock there were two re-constructed Indian villages and
Kristin might like that. They studied Indians this past year, so it would 
make a good supplement to what she studied in school.
 > Downieville.  We also took a side-trip into the
 > mountains so the kids could
 > play in the snow for the first time ever.  At Coloma,
My kids have played in the snow, but probably by August most of it will be 
gone. We want to go up to Lake Tahoe anyway - none of us have been there.
 > Down in Sacramento there is also a historic park at
 > the original Sutter's
 > Fort; I decided not to go there after I read about
 > Sutter's treatment of the Indians.
I don't think we really want to go into Sacramento or Stockton at all. We'd 
rather not hit cities.
 > find Columbia, an old
 > gold-rush town that has been completely reinovated,
Columbia State Historic Park? I don't want to miss that.
 > Have fun!  I want a full report on this one!! :)
It won't be until the end of August, but I will definitely give you a report! 
We already have a campsite reservation for part of the trip. Thanks to my 
parents, we are able to use AdventureOutdoorResort and 
AdventureCampingNetwork campgrounds at extremely reduced rates. Our first 
reservation is in Pollock Pines (on Rt. 50 east of Placerville), for a 
weeklong stay there at an AOR resort. We will probably get a 4 night stay in 
Angels Camp with an ACN site, since we cannot stay at two AOR resorts in a 
row.
Thanks so much for all of your great information!
                                 -donna
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