Good evening reader,
Despite going to bed very early I managed to sleep through until 7am this morning... Not a lot going on at the campsite and in the forest it was blacker than a witches' arm pit.
I set off about 8:30 and straight into a very loud and wet thunder storm. I took shelter in a gas station and sat it out with a large cup of coffee. I donned waterproofs and set off towards Susanville and of course by this time the sun was hot and I was roasting... So stopped for another cup of coffee and to send the blog and emails that could not be sent the night before. Having ridden along what appeared to be endless roads through very long hot valleys we crossed back over into Nevada for a short time... Gertie Garmin was having another fit and insisted we took the interstate passed Reno and Carson City... They don't look very inviting places.... It was bloody hot and they are surrounded by snow capped mountains... and the interstate was very busy... At last we turned off and started to climb up towards Lake Tahoe - I think we got to 6100 feet before starting down to the lake. Then we found ourselves in amongst a large peddle cycle race down the hill into town... The lake looked good but was full of holiday makers ... Like Blackpool Pleasure beach.... Luckily the camp site is 8 miles out of town.... Mind you it is expensive for a bit of dirt and no electric or water !!
So now to look at the maps as some of the passes are closed through Yosemite... My choices are take Route 4 which I know is open and the visit the Park from the west side... Or ride down to Mono lake and see if the 120 is open.... Google it is then..
Nite nite