Sacramento, CA

We are back on-line after our trip to Yosemite and a couple of motels that did not have their networks set up properly. Read down through the last four posts to see what we have been up to.

The ride today covered 65 miles as we made our way down through the foothills to Sacramento. It's hot here - close to 100. It is extremely dry, more so than anywhere we have traveled so far. The route started to make its way into the suburbs and more traffic as we approached the valley. The last 20 miles followed the American River on the Jedediah Smith Memorial Bikeway. There were a large number of people beating the heat on a variety of rafts floating down the river, and a number of bikers and others using the bike path. They must be more used to the heat than we are. We had another little adventure last night at the B&B as they lost power and it did not come back on until after Bob left for the day. His breakfast was not quite up to B&B standards as he ate whatever left over food we had in the truck. We did get more breakfast in Placerville. This is in the middle of the 1840's gold rush region.