Day 19 Twin Bridges, Mt to Cameron, Mt

 Day 19 was from Twin Bridges,  Mt to Cameron, Mt, 54 miles. I have camped for several nights with Pella from the Netherlands.  He is a navigator on a cargo ship that goes all over the world. He is at sea for 4-6 months then he has 4 months off. He plans to spend the whole time bicycling  America. After drying out my rain fly from the sprinkler incident I  rolled out. I only made it to the main street of Twin Bridges and stopped at the local  coffee shop for my triple 16 Oz mocha. You know as you go flying down the road and a historical  point of interest sign pops up you just drive right by? Today I  stopped at every one of them. I learned that in the late 1800's and early 1900's 40 billion  dollars  of gold, in today's market, was dredged out of the ground along Ruby creek. The dredges tore through the ground and left big long piles of rock that are still there today. Passing through Nevada  City then Virginia  City a lot of the buildings  were still  the same as in the late 1800's. Total tourist  trap. I stopped for lunch in Virginia  City at Bob's pizza, the cashier  gave me two slices for $5. She said I  was going to need the extra slice to get up the hill. The climb out of Virginia  City is not even labeled  as a pass. I climbed 6 miles, gained 3000' and topped out at 6900'. I flew down  to Ennis  then on to Cameron where I'm  spending the night.  I have a lovely  patch of grass behind the office of a Rv park. I have a shower, wifi, all for $20.