We got up and made coffee then left the lovely motel. I made a wrong turn on highway 108 and headed back to James Town. Since we had to turn around anyway, we decided to pay a visit to James Town, a historical town famous for trains. A lot of Hollywood films with train scenes were shot here. The old town is very characteristic. We spent one hour enjoying the old trains and the train station.

We then took off and headed Sonora Pass. As we approach the pass, the scene becomes beautiful. There was thick snow on the roadside. The last section before the pass is a 26% steep upgrade. Our rental car (a Focus ZX4) can hardly keep at 30MPH. Finally when we reached the pass, the snow on the roadside was higher than I am. But the road was throughly ploughed. We met a club of motorcycle riders there. One of them was so kind to offer to take a picture for us. The pass is around 9600 feet in elevation.

We got down from the pass and took highway 89 connecting highway 50 to Sacramento. There was a hell of traffic on highway 50. It was a little after 4pm when we arrived Sacramento. We decided to do some shopping and have dinner. Then the most miracular thing happened.