Mike and Bret on the Tahoe Rim Trail, about three-quarters of the way to Martis Peak.
I hadn’t ridden the TRT from Brockway Summit up to the Martis Peak lookout station in a couple of years, so I suggested to the TTSA boys that they make it one of their Wednesday afternoon rides. I said there was some climbing involved. Well, maybe more than some…
The state line must be close, right? Mike, Dave, Rich and Vince feeling the altitude up near 9000’.
We rode out to the Nevada state line and back (bikes are forbidden on the Nevada side) and then back to the Martis lookout. This added another 1000’ of climbing and about six miles to the ride.
It was a little more lot more work than I expected, but nobody puked.
C’mon! You can stick it!
We managed to do one last Wednesday afternoon ride before the days got too short—this time headed the other way on the TRT to Watson Lake.
Rob, Rich, Nancy and Mike having a good time, probably because they’re not on their bikes.
I hadn’t ridden this trail in awhile either, and once again underestimated the effort involved. Oops, sorry guys, I thought it was mostly downhill.
Watson Lake.
It took longer than I thought to get to Watson Lake. For some reason, rides are always harder than I remember.
O.K. kids, everyone gets a PowerBar.
Since it was already dusk, we had to hightail it back on the Fiberboard Freeway, an asphalt road that runs from Brockway Summit to Tahoe City.
We got back just before dark. Winter’s coming—no more after-work rides.
