Sunday Arrival in Georgetown. If you fly into Sacramento I will pick you up and shuttle you to Georgetown. A small town founded during the hectic and wild Gold Rush days. Today it's a quiet, romantic town. We'll stay at the Hilltop Motel. A simple but comfortable and quiet little place. Over dinner I'll tell you what to expect of the adventurous trip ahead. After dinner we might visit one of the local bars and join the gold miners and lumberjacks for a drink.

Monday Last "civilized" breakfast at Sisters Coffee on Main Street. We'll leave around 9.30. After about 30 miles we'll reach Uncle Tom's Cabin, a bar, were trappers and gold miners already hung their hats in the 1850s. Let's have a coffee there.

We won't get far on our first day, maybe 1/2 mile. Yes, you read right. Half a mile.
Because the secret of survival in this labyrinth of boulders is to drive very slow and very careful. Some of the obstacles seem unconquerable, and this is only a warmup for what's ahead for tomorrow. You might start to doubt your sanity. Camp underneath a clear star-lit sky at Pleasant Lake. Dinner Old West Style: Beans, corn on the cobb, steak and coffee.

The Rubicon is exhausting !

Camp at Buck Island Lake. Back country dinner: Hearty and simple. At the campfire we'll have enough stories to tell about the day gone by.

Wednesday Same as yesterday: Campfire breakfast. Big Sluice is a major surprise waiting for you. Have your camera ready. We are heading down into Rubicon Valley. The rocky obstacles are a true roller coaster. But not to worry. You'll do just fine. Lunch break and time for a cool dip in the pools of the Rubicon River. In the 1800s, right here at Rubicon Springs, next to a small meadow a two story hotel welcomed it's guests. The the mineral springs that attracted these people are still spouting water (It tastes a little like Alka Seltzer). The hotel is gone now - destroyed decades ago in a winter blizzard. Rather than continuing towards Lake Tahoe, we will take an even more challenging route: Back the same way we came in. In the afternoon we'll head back up to Spider Lake to spend the night. We should arrive early enough in camp so you can go exploring and hiking in the area.

NOTE: Spider Lake access has been closed and we will have to change our itinerary - don't know how yet.

Thursday Campfire breakfast. We are not in a hurry. We have plenty of time. Stop somewhere along the trail for lunch. Depending on our progress we should arrive in Georgetown around 5pm - However, minor mishaps could lead to an arrival in the evening.
We'll spend one more night at the comfortable Hilltop Motel. Dinner at Camp Virner Restaurant.

Friday Breakfast at Sisters Coffee and then it's time to say goodbye. I'll either shuttle you back to Sacramento airport or you leave directly from Georgetown. Maybe we'll meet again on one of my other exciting adventure trips.