April 27-28 - Hiking the ditch trail and Beale’s Falls and Rough and Ready

On Tuesday, Bill and the 4 dogs and I hiked the Cascade ditch trail behind Shan and Carl’s house. I’m intrigued by the California ditch trail system. California has all these canals or ditches with water in them. Residents who live off of the ditch can use the water. Since Carl and Shannon have the Cascade, they can use the water. Bill eased the RV with the ditch water. 

Great place to get in a 3 or 4 mile hike. 

Then on Wednesday Bill, 3 dogs and I drove to Penn Valley to hike to Beale Falls. It was a little hot, so the dogs needed to spend some time in the water. 

Jax got in to his belly to cool off. 

More wildflowers along the way, lupine and California poppy. 

Made it to the falls. Was surprised to see so much water with the dry weather. Another nice trail. 

On our drive to the trailhead, I had seen a sign to Rough and Ready. It’s an historic town and I wanted to check it out. So, on our way back, we did. What an interesting place. This town was established in 1849 as a mining town during the CA Gold Rush. They preserved some of the buildings. 

In the center is the opening to the mine called Rough and Ready. 

Came back to Shan and Carl’s to rest and wait for them to get home.