El Dorado Trail

Lennore organized a ride that started in the small town of El Dorado, went through Placerville, and ended near Camino.

Galib, Kimberly, Kathy, Sheila, Lennore, me, Dani:

The end of the paved trail. There’s about 3/4 mile more dirt trail ahead. Long-range plans (not in my lifetime) include a trail all the way to the Nevada border. That would be so cool.

Snack time before we headed back with lots of fast downhill.

Great ride, 27 miles round trip. Afterwards, Galib, Kimberly, Sheila, Lennore and I had lunch on the patio at

Around Lake Natoma

Brenda, Lori, me, Maria, and Laurie met at Sacramento Bar Park to start our ride around Lake Natomas.

We took a detour to explore part of the Johnny Cash Trail.

We’re standing in front of a guitar pick which sits on large copper record.

Lunch at Sociology:

Fun ride, cold day, 22 miles.

American River Bike Trail

Thank you Phyl for driving us to Beal’s Point in Folsom.dsc03988dsc03990The lake side of the Lake Natoma dam:dsc03996The trail down to a prime salmon fishing site. The fishermen were standing side-by-side:dsc03997dsc03998dsc04000This was a great ride all the way to Phyl’s house with a detour for coffee at Bella Bru. Miles = 37!