Bike Destination Vacation - Day 2

Things Change!

Day 2 Plan:  Early bike ride in Truckee and then off to Twin Falls for the night.

Good Morning, Truckee!

Up at dawn (which was 5:00a in the mountains), we grabbed some breakfast and took off for Hole in the Ground Trail.  After several searches for the trailhead to include a two mile trail that was most definately NOT the one were were looking for, we decided to go back to our hotel and find a different trail to ride.  Did I mention the mosquitos?  We were eaten alive up here at 7:00a.  Sooo happy to try another trail.



Zooming in on some possible trails

As we were driving back to our hotel, we saw an open bike shop and stopped in for some trail finding tips.  $23 later for a map that didn't even have the correct street names, we were back on the hunt for a new trail called Sawtooth.  Realizing we were gonna miss our check out time if we rode this trail, we decided to extend our stay in Truckee for another day so we could RIDE - we quickly added another day at the hotel and headed to the trail.

Lake Tahoe

After our wonderful ride, I was exhausted.  We took a short nap and checked out some local action by heading down to Lake Tahoe.  Beautiful, beautiful place. 

Getting ready to jump in Lake Tahoe

We hiked down to some boulders and Darius took a dip in the COLD water while I took pics of the mountains.

Mountains

Of course, we DID scope out some OTHER trails we plan to ride on our way back through (still working this angle with the hubby).

Could this be a down hill course or a ski slope?

 

Day 2 Results:  Stayed in Truckee another night, heading to Twin Falls, Idaho, in the morning.