South Lake Tahoe CA to HOME ! - Day 16

Friday July 3rd – Day 16

South Lake Tahoe to HOME!

Towing Miles: 494

We hitched our wagons and hit the road at about 7:45am. After a quick stop for gas we were heading west on highway 50 and rolling down the mountain. We have decided to make one sightseeing stop along the way this morning as it is right in our path.

Our first destination is the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park. You may know of it as Sutter’s Mill. This is the place where gold was first discovered in January of 1848 by John Marshall at the site of a new sawmill owned by Mr. Sutter. This discovery made California immediately world famous and sparked what is said to be the largest human migration in history. Because Kristen, Kayla and Mariah have all recently completed 4th grade where California history is intensely studied, it was a great opportunity for them to see the actual place they have been reading about.

After spending about 1.5 hours visiting the park we hit the road and put down some serious miles as we have a total of 494 to drive for home today. We were soon on the 5 freeway in Sacramento and rolling as fast as we wanted to go. Thankfully the whole day was like this and we made excellent time and never hit any traffic the whole way home. What are the odds of that in California!

We stopped for lunch and gas in Lost Hills California and good grief was it hot there! After getting gas the thermometer in my truck read 121 degrees! It did drop to a balmy 109 after we started rolling again though.

Nothing much happened after this. It was just lots of windshield time as we passed farm after farm after farm. We got home at 8:45pm, parked the camper beside the house, and joyfully rediscovered the home we had left so long ago.

Despite all of the beautiful things we have seen and done, It really is true…There’s no place like home.