Day: June 21, 2011

Better run for shelter, better run for the shade

we woke up this morning in 50 degree weather with patches of snow ’round our tent and ended our ride in the foothills where it is 104 degrees. Luckily, while we were re-upping our gatorade fix in a gas station, we were invited to stay in someone’s 5th wheel behind their house. So here we are in Mitch and Debbie’s RV trailer complete with A/C, queen bed and a living room bigger than Megan’s old NYC apartment. We were really lucky to run into them – they’ve been awesome hosts. Other highlights since our last post include

  • riding through the shadows of giant sequoias
  • camping at the best site in the entire park, right next to a raging waterfall
  • the ever-changing flora and fauna as we ascend and descend
  • waking up to a cacophany of songbirds when we camped among the redwoods
  • trying unsucessfully to help out a woman whose tubeless tire (on her all-pink racing bike) went flat
    we’re set to meet a bunch of folks in yosemite on Friday – if you want in, give sarah a call. Over and out