Sunday, September 14, 2025
The Bike Ride
Sometimes, I will be sleeping and my humans run machines that
make all this noise. I don’t like
them. I leave.
This morning, we readied the bikes, which really needed
cleaning up, then headed to the bike trail.
This Elks is right on the Sacramento River. The bike/walking trail is right behind the
Elks, and spans a whole lot of miles along the river. It is easy access for us as we decided to
head towards Shasta.
This is one of the ‘rails to trails’ railroad conversion
trails. The ride to Shasta is about 15
miles. Outside of the first mile which
passes a few homes, it is nature all the way.
On one side of the river, it is mountains with pines all the way to the
water. The water looks green due to the
reflection. On our side of the river,
there are pines, oaks, sycamores and loads of manzanita, with their gnarly red
limbs. Some amazing specimens
there! The trail crosses the river on
the bike bridge, then passes the Keswick dam.
This is how far we have come before, but now we will continue.
Twists and turns, and not a lot of people. It is really quite pretty. Because it was once a railroad, the grades
are not severe. The ups and downs are quite
gentle. But there are lots of
curves. I had to be careful not to go
too fast as it would be easy to lose control.
We ultimately made it to the Shasta Campground. It is another 1.5 miles up to the dam on
surface roads. We chose to head
back. I can tell when Spouse’s crotch is
done… he ups the pedal assist! It was a lot quicker getting back…
Now… the rest of the day is to relax… I can do that…
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