California HWY 49
Hi We are planning to go to Yosemite in early May after visiting San Francisco with our 36' Class A RV with Honda CR-V towed and have a few questions. 1. Use Mariposa Koa as our base camp is a good...
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JimR 1 wrote:skipro3 wrote:
To further explain going through P'ville;
49 North to the town of El Dorado. (stop at Poor Red's for a Golden Cadillac!) Turn right and at the 3rd light, turn left on Missouri Flat Rd. Takes you straight to Hwy 50. East bound to Tahoe.
A walking tour of downtown Placerville, Old Hangtown, park in the Post Office parking lot. (Weekends it's usually empty) Don't miss the Placerville Hardware Store, oldest West of the Mississippi.
P'ville is for Porterville CA and Placerville is Hangtown.
My brother in law worked at Poor Reds a long time ago.
JimR
Not according to TripAdvisor;
https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32898-d103127-r181017628-Bell_Tower-Placerville_California.html
or even the local newspaper;
https://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/pville-teens-busted-in-tahoe/
Poor Red's; back in the day, they made their own charcoal from oak, down 49 about 2 miles South. The smell of oak smoke would fill the air for miles around. I loved it. Then CARB stepped in and ruined it. Some day they are supposed to put a round-about at that intersection. They just completed one in Pokerville. (Plymouth)
