March is Gone Already 3-31

Happy spring! I cannot believe we have been in Auburn two months…it has gone by really fast. We got in some exploring and visiting, but with stuff that kept coming up we didn’t get in as much visiting as we would have liked. Our trip to Ohio broke the time up differently for us too.

Auburn, being in Placer County which is the Worlds Endurance Capital has miles and miles of trails just outside of town, but with Larry healing tendonitis in his foot and the weather making things muddy we haven’t had a chance to explore any of them, next time hopefully.

Back in the 70’s construction was stopped on the Auburn Dam project which would have put most all of those lovely trails and all that history under water. The Foresthill Bridge is the tallest in California and was built to traverse the lake and there was a housing development that even cropped up called Auburn Lake Trails which “banked” on being exclusive lakeside property.

There have been noises made about trying to revive interest in the damn, but economically it just makes more sense to make Folsom Dam taller and stronger…time will tell, in a state like California where drought is part of its cycle it is a shame that so much water just runs to the ocean every year when it does get good water.

Tomorrow we pull up our stabilizers, pull in the slides, hook up the truck and hit the road to Ukiah for a week or two before heading up to Michelle’s…time for our kid fix.