Gold Rush Days in Old Town Sacramento

More than 200 tons of dirt were dumped on the streets of Old Sacramento as the 10th Annual Gold Rush Festival turned back the clock, transforming Sacramento's historic district into a scene straight out of the 1850s. Costumed re-enactors, Wild West gun fights, musicians playing period instruments, and many aspects of life during the Gold Rush were among the highlights.

Today, daddy took Paige and Taylor to experience the Wild West at the Gold Rush Festival. Mike tells me that the twins could have cared less about the gun fights in the corral, the militia drills on horseback and the soldiers' camps, but they sure did love the lollipops that were handed out at the festival and the old schoolhouse where they sat in antiquated little school desks and colored with chalk on chalkboards.