Day 10: Cave CG-KOA, Shingletown

Start: Old Station, Cave CG

Finish: KOA 4 miles east of Shingletown.

Miles: 28.1

Elevation: 1565

Avg Speed: 10.0

Ride Time: 2 hours 47 minutes

Calories Burned: 926

Weather: Today started off much cooler.  It was 53 degrees at 700 am.  We climbed to Eskimo Summit (5933') under cloudy skies.  It was 75 degrees at the summit.  Here at the KOA at 200 pm it is low 90's.  Good deal to be off the road, in camp, showered, and sitting in the shade.

Route: 13 miles climb up 89 to Eskimo Summit (5933'); turn right onto 89 and head west down 89 toward Shingletown.  A big climb and a great descent.

Cool Stuff:

1. A short and relatively easy day.
2. Staying in a very nice KOA.
3. Finishing before the heat and wind became too intense.

Lesson’s Learned:

1. Start early.
2. Fuel up hearty in the morning.

Palaver: This is the first time in 10 days with total relaxation.  It feels just fine.  It has been lots of fun so far.  We've riden ourselves into pretty decent form.  The big stuff is over; regrettably we are leaving the coolness of the mountains and heading down to the scorching flats.  Mt. Lassen was wisely avoided.  Neither of us was very keen on the climb and 32 south sounds like a very dangerous road, particularly with 4^th of July traffic.  So, the plan is to scoot into Red Bluff as early as possible tomorrow, work out way over to Chico, and then follow the Chico-Oakland routes I found on the internet.  More route finding issues will ensue I'm sure.  We'd like to get into Chico on the 3rd and layup over the 4th.