Tuesday 28th August

This morning we set off early and crossed the San Mateo Bridge with the morning rush hour traffic.

After crossing some dry hills we passed miles and miles of fruit farms, with orange, peach and apple trees, fields of strawberries, vines, walnut and almond trees like these below.

This is our Jeep Patriot SUV which is very comfortable and spacious.

We passed many hills including these with their unusual layering.

Just after passing through Sonora we came past the scenic New Melones Lake.

The scenery changed as we got into gold mining country with many disused mines dotting the landscape.

As we neared tonight's stop in Auburn, we drove over a bridge spanning the American River.