Just over two years ago, on 17 March 2014, Thomas Van Stein and I set out on the CoW's maiden voyage, to Gold Rush Country, and discovered Mark Twain.
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| Jackass Hill. Where Samuel Clemens spent three dismal weeks in January 1865 panning for gold. |
We spent the first night in a town called Murphys (appropriate for St. Paddy' Day).
Van Stein set up his easel to paint Murphys Hotel, beneath a full moon, a side view to capture the room where Mark Twain slept...
...and somehow or other I wound up capturing the great writer himself.
