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On the Back Roads Again 5 RURAL R OA D T R I P S by DANNAH NIELSEN
Crowd control, traffic alerts, holding patterns, urban sprawls, weekend warriors. There’s a culture to California that we’re probably not too proud of—the seemingly endless vocabulary assigned to our over-populated lifestyle. While there are viable myths to the “exodus” now occurring, plenty of people are willing to keep on keeping on and reinvent what it means to enjoy the Golden State. This past year on quarantine status we think we found a solution: country backroads.
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The best thing about backroads is they can literally be found everywhere. The next best thing? They always lead to somewhere and much of the time, somewhere winds up being pretty cool. Around our region, the Sierra Foothills is a phenomenal hotbed of living ghost towns, artifacts, historic buildings, quirky country folk, and a whole bunch of other sightings that make you go “huh?”
While there: Wave at the locals and drive extra slow. Said local saloon also hosts live music.
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This town seems to shine brightest when covered with a fresh layer of snow, but any time of year is fun to peek in on this simple forest living ideology. Dutch Flat comes with all the classic staples of a historic town: the one-room church with a steeple, roads that zig and zag in between lots, a local saloon, rusted-over relics, and a small schoolhouse that’s the pride of the community.
Located in: Placer County about 30 miles northeast of Auburn.
Top and middle Dutch Flat photos by Erik Bergen, Placer County. Other photo courtesy of Dannah Nielsen.
Here are a few of our favorite discoveries:
Dutch Flat
