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Modern-Day Prospectors

Modern-Day Prospectors

From their home base in San Francisco, Jess and Eddie drive north on a weekend road trip to Happy Camp, California, to learn gold panning with an actual modern-day prospecting club. We follow them into the Redwood Forest as they meet Dickie, an eccentric local prospector, and pan to strike it rich — or at the very least, find a bit of adventure amidst stunning surroundings.

Gold panning

Happy Camp, California

See photos from Jess and Eddie's weekend adventure.
Happy Camp

Explore California's Redwood Coast

One of America’s most breathtaking landscapes, this scenic region runs north from San Francisco through Humboldt Country and Redwoods National and State Parks along Highway 101. The road carves through a wooded and coastal landscape on its way to the Oregon border.

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