Following the gold miners' traces

After a breakfast with a view, we left Shadow Mountain Vineyards. We followed Highway 79, an historic route, that the gold miners took to cross the Sierras in the 19th century. You could see several old cabins and sites pointing to this era. We only had to cycle for about 60km, but as we encountered strong head winds all the way, we were quite exhausted once we arrived in Julian. Luckily, the town is famous for its pies, so Herbert got apple and rhubarb pies to re-energize. We had arranged to stay with Laban for the night. He lives in a pretty cool yurt, taking care of a huge property on which we could pitch our tent.Read more