There are no motor vehicles in Columbia town center, but if you're wanting to take the weight off, then why not hop aboard the stagecoach for a town tour? Your only difficulty will be deciding where to get off. Will you turn those dusty boots towards the museum museum, or grab a lamp and head down the old mine? Or how about the town theater? And pint-sized prospectors won't find themselves short of activities either, with diversions including an antique bowling alley, ice cream parlors, and gold panning experiences. You never know, they might just strike it rich.
Most of the action in your Columbia vacation rental is likely to be centered around Columbia State Historic Park, which includes the town center. Essentially a giant living history museum, it's a preserved 19th-century mining town, complete with period-appropriate shops and people in old west costume. Turn up in your spurs, vest, and ten-gallon hat, and nobody will give you a second glance. Apart from the shops, museums and other attractions, there's also a busy program of events including Fourth of July celebrations, wine tasting, big band concerts, ghost tours, and theatrical murder mystery nights.
A Columbia vacation rental is a golden opportunity at any time of year, but show up between May and October and you're going to need that wide-brimmed Stetson, because summers here can get ferociously hot. It's mostly pretty dry in the high season, but the occasional thunderstorm can come tumbling down from the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains, usually in the afternoons or evenings. Winters, on the other hand, are cooler and a lot wetter. Hopefully the Stetson will double as a rain hat, and you can add an old-time oilskin for added authenticity.
Despite Columbia's history, your chances of catching sight of the glint of gold aren't nearly as good as those of spotting wildlife. Columbia is set in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and if you can bear to pull off the vintage hobnail boots and lace up the hiking boots instead, a trip out of town offers a whole lot of opportunities for spotting wild animals. The grasslands and woods are home to black bear, coyote, bobcat, and deer. And hold up, what's that smell? Oh yeah, there's skunk here too.
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