Enjoy a fun, authentic, tour in Amador County, one hour east of Sacramento on Highway 49, in the Heart of the Gold Rush Mother Lode.

Your personal guide is Gabby, a retired teacher with many years of local and regional history to share with you. {Summer 2014: Pioneer Trail Tours}

During your tour, you'll do some of the following - depending on your interest and availability:

• Visit historic wineries to hear  how old-timey families brought wine grapes to    Amador County years ago, and enjoy sampling some of the best wine in the region
• Pan for gold and take home a sample that you discover
• Learn about the formation of The Sierra Nevada and why gold is found in California
• Learn about Early California, Gold Rush and Pioneer history
• Tour one or more local cemeteries and hear the stories of early residents
• Visit the engineering marvel of the The Kennedy Mine Tailing Wheels
• Tour the Native American village of Indian Grinding Rock
• Walking tours of the Gold Rush towns of Sutter Creek or Jackson
• Gain insight into local plants, trees, wildlife and geology of the region