Another potential route is Hwy 49 ... the Gold Country Hwy ... if you leave 99 at Merced you catch 49 at Mariposa ... a series of nice gold rush era towns in the Sierra foothills all the way up to just East of Sacramento including Mariposa [
Link to virtual tour], Sonora [
Link](with a side trip to Columbia ... a restored town with blacksmith shop, operating stage coach, gold panning, etc.
[Link]), Angel's Camp (Twain's jumping frogs), San Andreas, Jackson, Sutter Creek (all quaint with period architecture), and a jog up to Plymouth (wine country and the current home of Packard Shutter manufacturing.)
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