A holiday weekend in Lake Tahoe = tons of people and traffic. We did our best to find some roads without cars, but were unsuccessful. We drove our around the lake to outside Tahoe City to where we were going to start our ride. The first 10 miles were flat and fast but on terrible pavement with lots of potholes. We turned on historic route 40 which would be Donner Pass Road. After going by the crowded lake, we started the climb which was rather short and gradual. I've decided that my favorite scenery includes large granite rocks with a very blue sky and green shrubs/trees. Donner Pass had it all. This area is also a haven for rock climbers and we saw many people scaling the rocks as we rode by. There was a beautiful lookout almost at the top but when we got to the actual summit, there was just a ski school--no sign to take our picture by. This is also where the Pacific Crest Trail crosses this pass. We then headed back down and back to the car on the same crappy pavement that we started on. It was a relatively short ride (36 or so miles).
We spent the evening having dinner out on the back deck trying to figure out how we can extend this vacation so as to not have to go home to 99 degree temperatures. It's the 4th of July so we'll be fighting crowds and watching fireworks today.
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We just got back from Mindy's first sermon at Salem. Mindy wants to take a picture of Mom, Judy & I huddled around the computer looking at your pictures & listening to Judy read your blog aloud.
We've had some beautiful days this week - saving the hot & humid for your return.
Tom, did you hear John Prine on Prairie Home Companion last night?
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