Today was probably one of the easiest that I will have on this trip. The kids and I dropped the guys off in Winters about 10 miles from our campground. They had an early day 8 am or so start. The kids and I headed back to the campground and took it easy for a couple of hours before our check out at 11 am. The drive was also easy, mostly on I-80 and then US 50. All very open interstate driving.
We arrived at the Shingle Springs KOA. I was supposed to be in a back in space, but when I arrived at the KOA at 12:30 I asked again if there was a pull thru with full hook ups that I could use instead. They found a space and parking was pretty straight forward and easy.
As I was setting up a campground host came up and said that I was the second woman he has seen setting up a big rig on her own. I felt pretty good about that. Generally people assume that John is waiting in the truck or something and I'm just helping. Haha...not this lady!!
The kids and I went for groceries after setting up...2 days worth this time because the next night we were expecting to be in the more remote parts of the El Dorado National Forest. (I'll get into more detail in the next post about that.)
The guys arrived around 3:30 or 4 pm after 79 miles of biking.
Lastly, Happy Birthday Dad!
From John:
I have been slow and cautious not to get hurt or cause unneeded pain. Today, Andrew and I put in about 80 miles. The first 50 were flat. After getting a bite to eat at the Burger Layer we passed fields of sun flowers and lemon trees. About 10 miles in we passed the UC Davis campus and were impressed by the almost endless bike trails and number of people using them. It turns out Davis is one of the countries best biking cities. Once we left Davis we took a trail on the side of US 80 to Sacramento. It was long, straight and filled with dust but a fantastic use of the shoulder of the expressway. Once to Sacramento we were pleased to spend the next 30 miles on the American Bike trail along the American River leading up to the Folsom Reservior. It was absolutly beautiful. There were plentiful water and rest room stops as well as many places to get food. The trail was winding but not interrupted by city streets and pedestrian/traffic. The climbing began around mile 50 and the last 30 were pretty brutal. We had saved our energy but 80 miles with several thousand feet of gain was simply too much to feel good at this point. Great day for a ride!
As I was setting up a campground host came up and said that I was the second woman he has seen setting up a big rig on her own. I felt pretty good about that. Generally people assume that John is waiting in the truck or something and I'm just helping. Haha...not this lady!!
The kids and I went for groceries after setting up...2 days worth this time because the next night we were expecting to be in the more remote parts of the El Dorado National Forest. (I'll get into more detail in the next post about that.)
The guys arrived around 3:30 or 4 pm after 79 miles of biking.
Lastly, Happy Birthday Dad!
From John:
I have been slow and cautious not to get hurt or cause unneeded pain. Today, Andrew and I put in about 80 miles. The first 50 were flat. After getting a bite to eat at the Burger Layer we passed fields of sun flowers and lemon trees. About 10 miles in we passed the UC Davis campus and were impressed by the almost endless bike trails and number of people using them. It turns out Davis is one of the countries best biking cities. Once we left Davis we took a trail on the side of US 80 to Sacramento. It was long, straight and filled with dust but a fantastic use of the shoulder of the expressway. Once to Sacramento we were pleased to spend the next 30 miles on the American Bike trail along the American River leading up to the Folsom Reservior. It was absolutly beautiful. There were plentiful water and rest room stops as well as many places to get food. The trail was winding but not interrupted by city streets and pedestrian/traffic. The climbing began around mile 50 and the last 30 were pretty brutal. We had saved our energy but 80 miles with several thousand feet of gain was simply too much to feel good at this point. Great day for a ride!
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