Happy Mother's Day | Personal

We woke up early...packed a picnic lunch and headed up to Empire Mine in Grass Valley for a day of fun. This state park is so worth the drive and is extremely beautiful. We strolled under the old fir trees and well groomed landscape, admired the craftsmanship of the lovely cottage and even had homemade ice cream on the lawn.

Then it was off to the mining zone. Here is a little bit of fun knowledge: five million-eight hundred thousand ounces of gold came from this one quartz vein! It took the miners and hour to get to the bottom of the mine which is a half a mile under sea level (straight down in a cart). Grass Valley sits at about 4000 in elevation!

Happy Mother's Day Mommies!