Our Kiwi River Guide, Chonk.
Relaxing in the American River on our high quality tire tubes. 
Fourth of July at the Coloma Club.
Because I have become fascinated with The California Gold Rush ever since white water rafting on the American River...
"James Marshall's discovery of gold at Coloma turned out to be a seminal event in history, one of those rare moments that divide human existence into before and after. As the golden news spread beyond California to the outside world, it triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the Crusades. " H.W. Brands
"The California Gold Rush brought a flood of treasure seekers. Prospectors accumulated in San Francisco, raising the population from 1,000 in 1848 to 25,000 by December 1849. By 185o California had become a state- the fastest journey to statehood in U.S. History."
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