Today the Region 12 Rally begins! The happy merry workers have arrived and they are setting up the big tent:
We have the day free until 4:30, so we decided to go tour the town of Jackson. It is very historic, with plaques on most of the buildings telling us that they had been built in the mid 19th century. This is gold country; we are not far from Sutter Creek, and all the towns in the area are proud of their gold rush heritage.
Unfortunately, there is not much besides old buildings in Jackson:
At the end of the street is the courthouse…
We walked up and down the streets. Most were empty, closed, or under re-construction due to a recent fire (how recent, we don’t know…)
So we did not find a good place for lunch. Maybe we’ll come back on the weekend – apparently more places are open on the weekends…
We returned to the Villa. Most sites are filled with Airstreams:
Happy Hours started at 4:30 and dinner followed. The entertainment for the evening was the playing of “Human Bingo”. It is a “get acquainted” game… There are almost 100 Airstreams here; we had spent the weekend with many of them in Carson City, and many others that we have met in the past. That is almost 200 people! So I’ve been struggling with remembering names and circumstances all day long and I am peopled out. I’ll meet the rest of the Airstreamers in the upcoming days at my own speed…
As we exited the tent after dinner the sky was putting on quite a show. No, this is not fires – just a California sunset:
And an enjoyable time was had by all…
Adventures in the Villa 
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