Day 86…. Leaving this beautiful area of Tahoe is difficult. The people are great and scenery is magnificent. It is easy to see why people come here to visit and often don’t leave. What seems to be a more relaxed day starts out with a climb again. 1350 feet of up to start followed by a generous amount of down, ending my day with another 1200 feet up. HWY 50 (Lincoln HWY) wasn’t to bad to ride. As I met others along the way I find that this HWY isn’t used much for cycling. I could see why but it is designated as a bike route.
I ran into the first waterfall today. Not very big but nice to see and was refreshing to get wet from.
Every once in a while the scenery reminds you of what hot dry weather brings. Every area I have ventured through that was hot and dry had areas that were brunt. Even when I was in Maybell, CO the lightning started a field on fire that evening.
As I reached the mid-point today the temperatures started to climb and the wins picked up. Tahoe was a great climate. Cool at night, warm during the day. However going through the Eldorado Pass the temps climb and the scenery gets dry. We ended up hitting 107 degrees before I could stop. Not only did it get extremely hot, the last part of the day was climbing out of the valley again. Long and slow was the theme to end my day.
