Woo hoo! We are back on the road. We left Graeagle Thursday morning to return to Sparks, NV to pick up Suni and head up to Mt Shasta. We haven't had internet since the last time I blogged and our cell phone service was very spotty. After a three day battle with the insurance company over the definition of "awning" we finally were able to get all of the repairs completed. Thanks again to Tom at A1 RV repair our latest man angel; we couldn't have done it without him. It is great to be home!
We had several adventures during our stay in Graeagle I am not sure where to start...
We took Sedona and Tahoe on what was supposed to be an 18 mile "easy, flat" mountain bike route around Lake Davis. We followed the directions as best we could and after two and half hours of tuscany style up-hills we ended up literally in the middle of nowhere in a valley with no cell service without a lake to be seen. We were so lost Peg tried to call the National Forest Service to find out where the hell we were and how to get home. I was starting to wonder what would happen to the animals when we didn't return. We finally decided to turn around and climb out of the canyon the way we came in. After another hour and half we reached a road. Peg flagged down a truck to be sure we were on the road that would get us back to the truck which he confirmed was about four miles up-hill! He was kind enough to give us a cold bottle of water - a life saver.
A couple of days later after recovering from the never-ending bike ride we took one of the most memorable hikes. It was gorgeous! Climbed up to a ridge overlooking the enter Plumas National Forest, through beautiful pine trees with foot-long pine cones, along a creek up to a lake. Again it was supposed to be a 2 mile hike that we managed to turn into a four hour 6 mile hike which felt like it was up-hill both ways! When we reached the trailhead and it was not the one where we had parked the truck - Peg was beside herself! "We did it again! How do we manage to follow a map so closely and still end up in the wrong place!" I finally found the connecting trail that would take us back to the correct trailhead, but I almost lost Peg in the process.
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Bear Lakes Loop - Big Bear Lake - Hard to capture the true beauty.  |
When we reached Sparks, Tom had to do some finagling with the insurance company since the check had not arrived as promised,, but we were able to get on the road. We had planned to drive to Mt Shasta, but Tom informed us it was a 10 hour drive and it was already 1 pm! Aaaaahhh. We decided just to head that way and see how far we could get. We got stopped at the California border and we had to be "inspected". The inspector asked us to open up Suni and went through our fridge to see if we had any pecans, sweet potatoes, citrus, or "diet" broccoli (which he thought was very funny). It turned out to be a great stop because in the process of being questioned he told us that Shasta was only 196 miles away. Yeah we can make it! And make it we did. What a beautiful mountain, can't wait to see what adventures it holds for us.
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