Auburn, Ca - Day 3

>Hello from Auburn!! What another absolutely beautiful spectacular day!!!! We had a great breakfast - weather was great - no humidity - 70's - sunshine and a total of 51 miles of beauty!!! We started with 33 miles on a paved bike path through the woods and farmland. The first picture is my friend Meiri and I and a local cute little lady who was walking on the bike path.

Next we found this green thing - anybody guess what it is???? Saw lots of cottonwood trees and rode by a river and beautiful scenery.

After 33 miles on the bike path, we stopped for a rest stop at Folsom Lake - we could have stayed there all day, but alas, there was a 1.4 mile climb into Auburn.

This is a picture of Meiri and I that one of our rider's thought needed to be taken.

Of course, by this time we were all hungry and found a nice little pizza place to have salad a veggie pizza. Then, we had quite a long hike up the hill to our hotel at the top of the town. We had time for hot tub, pool, and "route rap" at 5:30 before dinner at 6:30.

Route rap was tough for me because I will have to deal with some conditions I am not fond of tomorrow. 8,000 feet of climb, that I could almost deal with, but 4 miles will be without guard rails - not sure how that will go. Then a long (12 mile) and fast descent into Truckee. At this point, I have already reserved a seat in the support van for the downhill run. Stay posted and I'll let you know tomorrow evening or Thursday how I do. It will be a long day with a 5:15 am load time. So off to bed.

Today's hurrah goes to niece Megan who extended her best hospitality to me during my 3 day stay in Los Angeles prior to flying to San Francisco. She made sure that I got lots of exercise, sleep, and good food to eat!!!

Thank God for the safety, health, and energy!!