Is the Journey Over?

We're back in Nevada City, a gold mining town which is in California not Nevada, in the foothills of the High Sierra about 1 hour northeast of Sacramento. After all of our travel over the last 6 weeks, we still find this town to be enchanting and on par with towns like Bergen and Ruros in Norway. Both of these towns are World Heritage Sites and Nevada City certainly should have a similar designation.

Last night we attended "Summer Nights" where the two main streets are closed to vehicle traffic and turned over to vendors, muscians, and hundreds of people to enjoy the warm summer evenings on Wednesdays in July. At the top of Broad Street, the main street, a band was playing music with a fiery latin beat. In the beginning, only one couple was dancing to the music. But by mid-evening, dozens of people, children included, were swinging to the hot sounds. When the band finally played their last piece for the night, Elisa, Mike, Maya, our Grand Daughter, and myself turned to walk down the street towards their home about 1/2 mile away. The light from what would become a giant full moon was just beginning to show over the pine trees in the distance.

Now it's time to start looking for land to build our home on. So, the journey continues.