Is it a mural or not?
This one is for sure and you'll find it in old Town Roseville
Being a train town you are going to find lots of RR stuff scattered everywhere. Before the Union Pacific
bought out SP, Roseville had the largest switching yard this side of the Mississippi.
And before refrigeration cars this small town boasted the largest ice packing plant in the world.
Now Loomis on the other hand, is great in ambiance and like Roseville, Historic Hwy 40 cuts right through it.
If your wondering why the fruit murals, well back in the day Loomis had a pretty large fruit packing plant and
would ship out their crops on the SP.
You might wanna have brunch at the High Hand Nursery, but be careful, you could spend all day there and not realize it.
Continuing east on Historic 40 out of Loomis brings you to Auburn, the county seat of Placer County, California.
Ya got choices to make here, Hwy 49, north or south? Or continue on 40 to Tahoe?
If you decided to continue on Historic 40 you'll soon be in Colfax and a great place for a cup of coffee,
go on into old town, y'all be glad ya did.
Ifn ya be running out of time and need to head back, take Hwy 174 north to Grass Valley. You will find a
lot of places to dine here.
Got too much time on your hands to head home? Pick up 49 and head north to Quincy.
Or take Hwy 20 to Clear Lake. I reckon everyone has seen this burger joint. Not all that great for food,
but what choice do you have?
Continue on 20 to 101 and just below Ukiah is the city of 10,000 Buddhas
From there you can meander way down south to Rio Vista
And fanangle yourself eastward back to Hwy 49 and in Jackson you have
a fine time.
If you work it right you can end up in Old Town Folsom, but you'll have to leave hwy 49 to accomplish that.
If you really screwed up and found yourself in Goldfield, Nevada don't bother looking for the Mozart Club,
it closed down and the mural has been painted over.
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