How to Beat the Heat in the Foothills: Rafting the Mokelumne River

The Sierra Nevada Foothills are home to California’s Gold Country, an area predominantly known for the historic gold mines that attracted a massive influx of immigrants to the west. Here are some other things it one might say the California Gold Country is known for: It is hot in the summer. Really, sometimes the Gold Country is hot like molten gold hot. This might sound like hyperbole, but the sun above…