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| Today's original route was 72 miles from Cassel to Mineral but thanks to the reroute yesterday we only had to go 67 miles today. I know it's only 5 shorter... But it means that we netted 25 additional miles by going to Susanville. Everyone was actually really happy to have had the detour in the end because the Southern US route stole our "longest and strongest" title a couple of days ago. With the reroute though, we've taken it back! Regardless, the ride today was a great one, through the mountainous forests of Northern California. |
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| When I descended into Susanville yesterday I realized that we were entering a valley completely surrounded by mountains and that there was no way out but up so I wasn't surprised by the climbing that took place today. The first big climb was about 10 miles out from the host. I was riding lone wolf style this morning so I just snapped a photo of the elevation sign while I was riding by. |
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| At mile 20 we took a short detour off of highway 36 to go to Westwood, the hometown of Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack of American folklore. Babe the Blue Ox was even there! |
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| TREES! I LOVE TREES! |
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| No, seriously... Trees are one of my favorite things, especially when paired with beautiful bodies of water. Lucky for me, Northern California is covered with pines. I can't wait until we get to the redwoods near the coast. |
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| The second big climb of the day ended 5 miles from the host and there was a sweet decent into Mineral. Morgan Summit, at 5,650 feet, may or may not be the last big summit of the summer. I guess I'll be finding out tomorrow... |
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| A hottub awaited us at the host; it was so amazing! My muscles were seriously sore from climbing so much over the past 2 days and it was nice to relax in the jet streams. I chilled for almost 2 hours and even got a 30 minute massage! |
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| Shout-out to Suzette for always cooking us an amazing meal when we don't have a host dinner. We would be lost without you, Suzette! Our bellies thank you! |
The Catty Corner:
Q: What's Babe's favorite college?
A: Oxford!
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