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It's 1847 you're
traveling west in a wagon train, your average speed is 1.5-mph.
After months on the trail you arrive at Lassen Meadows. You find a
painted barrel on the side of the trail, full of notes and mail from
other travelers. You dig in and start reading, you find out that in
1846 the Donner Party had been stranded in the mountain snows with a
great loss of life. You rest for the night, the next morning your
wagon train has to make a choice, follow the California (later the
Donner Route) Route into the Sierra's, take the Carson Trail
south-west across the 40-Mile Desert, or swing you wagons north-west
via the Applegate-Lassen Trail (later to become known as the
"Death Route"). Join us for this adventure back in time. This is
History lesson... we'll sightsee the watering holes they used as
they trekked across Northern Nevada, see emigrant graffiti carved
into rock walls, see wagon wheel tracks still visible on the trail
today! We'll even stumble across a grave of a lady who died in child
birth. Like those before us, we'll have to camp along the way (on
the first night we can stay at a B&B, but reservations need to be
made months ahead of time). Children are welcome. You'll be required
to bring food, water and additional gas. This is not an off-road
event, but a rolling History Lesson. Space is limited...
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