Gold Country & Taylor's

We also saw James Marshall's cabin and many different old buildings where various people would have lived during the height of the gold rush along with a Catholic Church and cemetery. 

The old jail

Where it was 100*

By the end of our hike, I was completely dry! Oh, how warm it was.

We hopped on our cars and headed to Taylor's for a milkshake. Taylor's has 247 flavors to choose from! And though I didn't get to try them all, I feel confident in saying that they are delicious. If you got a milkshake everyday after work, you could come for a year and never get the same flavor twice!

We tried strawberry, chocolate strawberry, lemon merengue pie, sour apple, rainbow sherbet, and Oreo.

The kids played at a water feature in the park across the street where we chatted while listening to a local band play in the background. 

Finally we decided to head back and get dinner started. Since we were barbecuing, we let the guys cook while Karissa and I went for a walk to catch up - just us, with no kids. It was a blessing to chat with my dear sister about all the life that had happened since we last hung out. We agreed it had been far too long since we encouraged each other. I am so thankful for her friendship even though we're miles apart.