Epic 09 - Columbia Historic Town

Day 4 held an uplanned Epic Moment. We were driving up Hwy 99 near Merced, CA when the black water holding tank fell off the bottom of the RV. We stopped on the side of the road until help arrived. The big tank full of poo was hauled away and we decided to move on rather than waste a full day having it repaired. We've certainly roughed it worse than a camper without a toilet before. That night we stayed at the least epic spot ever, the 49er RV Park. While it looked great on the website, it was pretty lame. However, we did find the MOST EPIC spot ever by staying there. More on that on a later post. To start off day 5, we took a quick side trip to Columbia Historic Town, a national historic site run by the NPS. It is a living town in the middle of gold country. Founded in the mid-1800's it showed what life was like in the mining craze. We sipped Sarsaparillas in the saloon, panned for gold and made candles. It was a cool change of pace from the adrenaline that was to come.