Wednesday, June 4, 2008

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Bridgeport
Staples rocks! They replaced my camera without a receipt!!!! So, its back to snapping shots and throwing them up on the blog.
So, I took some picks on my ride today. It was a drug induced 2.5 hours...I am on some anti-biotics trying to get over this damn cold I have. I think I got it from reading Bart Gillispie's blog, that seems to be his topic as of late, being sick! So i got around my loop pretty well but now I am tired. Down to Bridgeport (pic above) That is one of if not the longest covered bridge around. That is the mighty south fork of the Yuba River below it. Supposedly Bridgeport was home to the worlds first long distance telephone line.?

RULES
Seems like there are a few rules here at the park. PANS AND HANDS> that is the only way I get my gold!

Wells Fargo
As I climbed out of Bridgeport I topped out of the river canyon at French Corral. I think this was the sight of the first Wells Fargo bank too. Why all these firsts? Well, this part of my ride used to be the route from Nevada that brought silver and gold to sacramento and later san fran.
The gold country is ripe with history. I am planning a mounting bike ride of 70 miles +/- to explore other parts of this route that are not paved. The next stretch will be out of Nevada City up to the ghost town of North Bloomfield and over to Jackson Meadow Res. to HWY 89.
After leaving French Corral today, I rode out Birchville road, accross HWY 49 to Tyler foote rd to Oak Tree back to 49 to the town of North San Juan. From there its roughly 20 miles back to the house...about 15 of those miles are climbinmg out of the Yuba River canyon. This ride is a pretty common ride around here. I love it, so I posted it.
For the bike people who read this, you may or may not be interested to know that I shortened my cranks to 172.5's. Why, I dont know, but it felt good today.
Tomorrow a hike from Donner Summit, to Frog Lakes, across the "apron" summit Castle Peak and down the PCT to Donner Summit. PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers

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