{"id":790286,"date":"2015-04-24T05:20:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T05:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?p=790286"},"modified":"2016-01-09T03:52:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T03:52:24","slug":"auntie-shell-visits-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2015\/04\/24\/auntie-shell-visits-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Auntie Shell Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"

My wonderful husband had to travel to visit clients, so I invited my friend Michelle down to spend the weekend and go on an adventure with us….<\/p>\n

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Yay! She’s here!
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\nWe drove along a magnificent country road to a town called Mokelumne Hill, about an hour(?) south of us. \u00a0This is an old gold rush town, with original buildings along the main street. \u00a0My friend, Marisa, owns a fabulous fine art gallery there. \u00a0We went to check it out, but it was closed. \u00a0I texted her to let her know that we had stopped by and she contacted someone who was able to let us in and look at the gallery on our own! \u00a0We felt so spoiled! Petroglyph Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This building is actually an adorable hotel. \u00a0A romantic getaway spot. \u00a0We took a look in some of the rooms. \u00a0Each room was decorated with individual antique furnishings. Hotel Leger<\/a>
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We drove on to Moaning Cavern<\/a>, in Angels Camp, Calaveras County, about two hours south of us. \u00a0This cavern is so large, you can fit the Statue of Liberty in it. \u00a0It was quite impressive.
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\n<\/a>Hanging out in Angels Camp, another lovely gold rush town….
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\nOK, this might be a little weird to you, but we liked visiting the local historic cemetery. \u00a0This section was dedicated to the Serbian population that settled here…
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After checking out the cavern, the boys and I went on their zipline! \u00a0Michelle wanted nothing to do with it, so she took pictures at the base. \u00a0It was fun, but went by too fast!
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\nThe next day, we visited another terrific little town, Murphys. \u00a0Here we are enjoying yummy grilled cheese sandwiches at Roquefort<\/a>
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This is a cool God story. \u00a0While we were driving down, Michelle was telling me how she had fallen in love with a cockalier puppy at a pet store (cross between a cocker spaniel and a king charles cavalier spaniel). \u00a0When she went back to get him she was dismayed to discover he was already taken. \u00a0We decided we would look online to see if there were any cockalier puppies in our area for sale. \u00a0After we checked into our hotel in Angels Camp, Michelle and I both went online to search for Sacramento\/Bay area breeders. \u00a0No such luck. \u00a0The closest we found was Missouri.<\/p>\n

The next day, while walking along the main street of the quaint little town of Murphys, we noticed posted flyers on telephone poles of, guess what?!, king charles cavalier puppies! \u00a0It did not take long to recognize that this was (literally!) a sign and it must be followed. \u00a0Michelle called the number and we visited them at the end of the day. \u00a0She took one look at this little fellow and it was love at first sight. \u00a0He was too young for her to take him, so she put down a deposit and scheduled to return the next month. \u00a0Guess what she named him? \u00a0Starts with an ‘M’…\"IMG_8964\"<\/a> \"IMG_8966\"<\/a> \"IMG_8970\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Next day, we went to the Calaveras County Big Trees State Park<\/a>. \u00a0This is home to the California Giant Sequoias, \u2014the world\u2019s largest trees\u2014 native only to the western slope of California\u2019s Sierra Nevada mountains. (As opposed to the California Redwoods, the world’s tallest trees….). \u00a0We hiked through part of the grove, then hiked above it to a vista, took a break for lunch, then back down into the grove to continue the hike. \u00a0It was a good, solid day, and made for a well earned hot tub back at home that evening.<\/p>\n

It was a short, but full packed adventure with my lifelong friend and my two awesome boys.<\/p>\n

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