May 7, 2012
Today we rode 32 miles along part of the Shasta Wheelman’s
Jamboree metric century route. We
started at Old Shasta, a little town about 5 miles east of Whiskeytown Lake
along highway 299. The ride took us into
some absolutely beautiful countryside.
It couldn’t have been a better time of year for this ride; the hills
were green with spring grass and dotted with wildflowers. The terrain was a little bit more than
rolling hills so we got a good climbing workout and some fun twisty downhills. I noted one corner we rounded was marked 25
mph and we were going into it about 39 mph!!
Fun, fun, fun!! We turned around
just past the little burg of “Happy Valley”, stopping at the Happy Stop store
for ice cream and chips. Note for future
reference: just past the Happy Stop
there is Ruel’s Irish Pub, closed at the time, but supposedly open Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday nights. Could be
fun if we’re ever through this area again – they even have a structure in front
of a guy on a high wheeler bicycle!!
Felt really good and strong today. Maybe, just maybe the old muscles are getting
stronger!! We camped last night and for
the next two nights at Oak Bottom Campground at Whiskeytown Lake. Arriving mid afternoon on Sunday we had our
pick of the lakeshore campsites and were able to pull the boat up to the shore
and enjoy not only the amenities of a developed campsite but our comfortable
sleeping v-berth in the boat.
Happy, happy day!
