From The Far West

Day 48 – Lake Tahoe, CA – 75 miles

Sweep day number three! We left the hills of Reno bright and early today with four more riders than usual. Dean, Brian, Tiff and Lisa all donned their spandex and shined up their carbon-framed beauties for our journey into Tahoe. Lake Tahoe, for those of you out of the loop, is the nation’s second deepest lake located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at 1,645 ft deep at it’s deepest, with a surface elevation of 6,229 ft, and a surface area of 191 square miles. Jesse volunteered to sweep with me which was amazing because we had a lot of fun despite our lengthy ride. We were re-routed halfway through the ride due to construction on the hwy 50 pass over the mountains, so we took an alternate route that boasted an eight mile, 9% grade climb which slowed the pack down remarkably well. We still managed to make it into town without too much issue and joined the quicker riders on the southern beach of the lake. One of Shane’s friends from Ithaca, Beth, now lives here in town so we met up with her and she showed us an awesome beach away from the crowds that locals use. We lounged on the beach for the rest of the afternoon, relaxing and throwing sticks into the water for the many dogs that people brought to the beach. Dinner was not provided for the evening, so we went to Safeway and stocked up on burgers that we grilled at Beth’s house. We all had a blast and hit the sack by midnight so we’d be ready to check out the town on our day off tomorrow.



Picture Update: Blogger hates me and after 30 minutes of work I still cannot upload photos. A new method of photo sharing will be explored as soon as time permits. My appologies to everyone, I know the multi-media portion of this blog is a highlight.