Sierra Gold

A young couple tries to resolve their differences by re-locating.This is the story about the adventures of a young eastern couple who are looking for a change; they head west, to the young mountains of the Sierra Nevada in California. The husband is a well-off real estate developer, and his wife has become disillusioned by his lust for money. They travel to the Sierra Nevada to find an amenable co-existence in the mountains, but the husband gets lured into gold-fever by an old miner who spins yarns for drinks.Jet planes have just started carrying commercial passengers, and radio was the only option for communication if the phone lines over the mountains were severed in one of the many magnificent storms that developed over those mountains. It was a time more closely aligned with the old west and the far west. There are roads and cars, but not on the scale of today. The information age was yet to come.As in all societies, there are good guys and bad guys, and it was harder back then for the good guys to keep track of the bad guys. The couple ventures into the wilderness. A group of bandits who have the impression that they know of a stash of gold in the hills follow them.So it cameto pass that the lives of the young couple became intertwined with people who had nefarious pasts. On the other side of the ledger, the couple found allies in several hearty individuals. A sheriff, a lady wrangler, a country couple, and an ancient 'Indian' play into the story, as well as the old miner who gave them the map to the gold mine. The wilderness of the Sierra Nevada was the stage where their opera would play.