Downieville Vacation Recap: The Town

Downieville, CA
Population: 325
“Downieville evokes the peaceful atmosphere of a tree-shaded, Old California burg. Everyone seems to move with the grace of the swaying pines. A block behind Main Street, a man in rubber gaiters casts for trout at the union of the Yuba and Downie rivers. A few yards away, a gang of lanky teens swings over the water from a rope fastened to the bottom of a single-lane bridge.”