87 case of lies

                     chapter 7
-lacerville used to be a gold town back in the mid eigtheen hndreds . today , gold still can be gathered , especially in the summer . from tourists ontheir way up high way 50 from the san francisco bay area toward tahoe 250 miles of not much happening until the steep peaks of the sierra take over . first there is the bay bridge to get across , then the ;ong traffic jam of the east bay , then there is nothing much -fields , heat , truck sttops , mi;itary bases , sacramento , factory outlets - for a couple of hundred miles . then the uplift of the sierra succeeds the hot valley behind as the SUVS and sedans labor up seven thoudsand feet of altitude to echo summit and lake tahoe just beyond .
but first , where the foothills begin , still seventy miles from tahoe , the highway goes through placerville . with its historic  courthouse , quaint streets full of shops , and endless forest alll around , and the culture begins to change with the climaste . theidea of working ten hours a day in a silicon valley cubicle begins to seem suspect .