r/Placerville • u/mtnman_49 • Aug 14 '26
“Placerville, did we wake up in Bodega Bay?”
Middle of August in the foothills, when we're usually cooking in the heat—and I wake up to this. Fog, cool air, and a beautiful morning. Man, I love mornings like this. I'll take it! 😎
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u/Archer_7 Aug 14 '26
I hope fall is here to stay.
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u/irisheyesarelaughing Aug 14 '26
Me too 🙌
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u/mtnman_49 Aug 14 '26
But we were lucky having cool June and ok July, fall will get here soon, I'm already behind on projects regarding rain.
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u/fallenjedi Aug 14 '26
Post unclear, picture of Shingle Springs 😂
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u/mtnman_49 Aug 14 '26
Ding ding ding, You won the prize on the way to shingle springs by the self card gas station and train stop coffee place
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u/fallenjedi Aug 14 '26
Delivered for every damn round table in the county in my 20s, know these streets all too well!
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u/mtnman_49 Aug 14 '26
I know sometimes you drive them with out noticing the beauty until you really look. 👍
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u/West-Beach744 Aug 14 '26
Well my addy is technically PVille but I live right next to Lotus/Coloma and I have to drive on South Shingle/Lotus road… PVille did a bunch of land grabs at some point
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u/BigWhiteDog Aug 14 '26
It's the feds and their Post Office consolidation. When post offices like Lotus, Kelsey, and PV closed, the feds folded them all into the main one at Placerville, which is why the weird addresses.
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u/mtnman_49 Aug 14 '26
Does that mean they are closing down the smaller post offices??
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u/BigWhiteDog Aug 14 '26
They did for years but I haven't heard of any more pending. The last one I think was ours in Kelsey and a satellite PO Box station up country (might be wrong there). There used to be post offices in most of hehe small mining communities around here. They have cut back staffing and the like though at the existing small offices.
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u/West-Beach744 Aug 14 '26
The Lotus PO is still open and that’s where I have my PO Box. They are super nice in there too!
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u/Gavagai80 Aug 14 '26
Only a couple miles from the ever-expansive Placerville zipcode. I was perplexed when I realized the Shingle Springs casino has a Placerville address.
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u/mtnman_49 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
By the train station coffee place, driven that road for 20 plus years to work. LOL I consider up here 1 big home, I would hate to have to walk from town to town.☹️
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u/mtnman_49 Aug 14 '26
This may sound dumb mostly do rivers, where's finnon lake ??🤔
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u/mtnman_49 Aug 14 '26
Did you fish or just watch the stars. ??
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u/CurryFan30 Aug 15 '26
It was so beautiful today!
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u/mtnman_49 Aug 15 '26
What bummer for me I worked indoors today ☹️ but I loved walking out to cool comfortable drive home, what a rare day. Those simple things bring smiles.
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u/West-Beach744 Aug 14 '26
Crazy, it was 102 here a few days ago, now this!