Today we traveled from Colfax, CA to Susanville, CA. The majority of the time was spent climbing up and down a twisty mountain road through the Tahoe National forest. A very beautiful passage following rapidly flowing mountain streams of snow melt. It’s a great time to pass here as everything is very green and the forest fire danger is low. But today’s temperature hovered around 95F even as we passed over the top of the Sierra’s at 6700 ft.
Once past the summit the topography and vegatation immediately changed from heavily forested to wide sparse valley with cattle farms, but still at 5000 ft elevation.
Lunch was at a tiny eclectic eatery in Sierraville, CA that featured excellent smoked meat sandwiches. We’ve found it better to eat a hearty lunch and a light dinner. The prolonged butt rest in an AC environment.
Joanna had accompanied us this far and we parted company at a hot spring spa (clothing optional). We’ll look forward to learning her impressions.
After leaving Joanna we continued on to Susanville.
As usual taking photos on beautiful twisty mountain roads isn’t feasible but here’s a couple in the Sierraville area.
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