The second post of the 2023 Summer Road Trip series follows the adventure to Portland, Oregon. The Columbia River Gorge offers up miles of scenic landscape along the Oregon-Washington border, and Multnomah Falls, Oregon's tallest waterfall, is a popular hiking and photo spot.
In this second post on the American River, we explore the Marshall Gold Discovery Center in Coloma, California and learn more about the history of the California Gold Rush.
While Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" may have put Angels Camp on the map, this city in Sierra gold country is a great place to explore. For more information on California history, visit the Angels Camp Museum and Visitor Center.
After five days in Berlin, the Cranky Camper family returns to Prague for the remainder of the trip. The first day back was spent exploring Prague 3, with a visit to Národnà památnÃk, the National Monument on Vitkov Hill.
The Cranky Camper family visits the Berlin Wall and the place that once divided East and Western Europe. The remnants of the wall stand as a monument to a divided history that will hopefully never be repeated. We also reflect on what Berlin may have looked like when my dad was stationed in the American sector many years ago.
