Another day trip, this time to the Donner Summit Bridge (aka Rainbow Bridge) that looks over Donner Lake. This area is named after the Donner family whose tragic westbound journey can be found here.

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From here you can see the train tunnels that were built during the 1800’s as part of the Transcontinental Railroad. This section of the railroad is also steeped in a history of backbreaking labor and tragedy.

We made a return trip to walk through some of the train tunnels. It was a great hike thru the tunnels which have become a magnet for ‘urban art.’

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