Mike and Martha made it out here in great shape and after a day or two of preparation and relaxation, Mike and I donned our riding gear, loaded up the bikes and did the ride. 17.5 miles in a nice leisurely hour and a half. Of course they always have aid stations along the way with fruit and water and rice cakes, and whatnot. (It's not an event without food) Below you see the kind of views we had throughout the ride. (That's Mike on the left)
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After the ride they was a good lunch of hot dogs or chicken (or both), potato salad, green salad, lemonade and a cookie. We were feeling pretty good and wished we had done the 40 mile ride, so later in the day, we gathered Melody and Martha and drove up to Scott's Flat/Five Mile House outside of Grass Valley to the head of the Pioneer Trail. The intent was for us to ride the 6 miles up to White Cloud Campground while the ladies took a walk along the same forest path.
But the going was pretty tough because of the wet ground, mud, and ultimately snow - which grew deeper and more pervasive the further we went. There were many downed trees to be portaged around too. After 2.5-3 miles we gave up and rode Hwy 20 back to the starting point. You see a bit of the snow on the left, and on the right you can see the deep trail left by pioneer wagons over 150 years ago.
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It really was a lot of fun. Later that evening we had a cook-out at Rich & Joanne's (more hot dogs, yumm!) and on Sunday we all met again at our house for french toast, fruit and bacon. I hope Mike and Martha had as good a time as I had. The best part of the bike riding was the fun conversation all along the route. We'll have to do it again sometime.
2 comments:
When you do it again, I want to come.
The buttes are beautiful when they're green like that
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