The Siler family went on an adventure today... and this adventure was only 5 minutes from our house! I was amazed to learn about a place called the Chinese Diggings. This is a historical area of Folsom California, where the Chinese dug trenches for water as part of the process of extracting gold from the nearby streams. I just can't believe that I have lived here for almost 30 years and I just learned of this beautiful and amazing area. The trenches were anywhere from 5-30 feet high... some were so narrow that my shoulders would touch each side of the rock wall! I am always amazed at how well our kids do on these physically challenging excursions we take them on! They were such troopers while they were climbing up some of the hills that were at least a 60 degree slope! Yay for fun family adventures! :-)
