This Is The Meaning Of Grassroots by, Mark Meckler

Last night I had the pleasure of spending 2 hours and 40 minutes driving with my Dad through the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, to a small, rural county called Calaveras.  You may recognize the name from the famous Mark Twain story,The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.  As I drove there, it seemed like nothing much had changed since Twain wrote the story in 1867.  Perhaps a few more people live in the area now, but it’s still fairly sparsely populated.  The topography ranges from beautiful rolling hills studded with old oaks, to steep, brushy, forested canyons.  This time of year, it’s all dry browns and yellows, but it’s still an exceptionally beautiful drive, and reminded me of one of the many reasons why I love California, despite our insane government.