Bike ride to Alleghany

Flight data: 63 miles, 5:08/~5:55 ride/total time, 12.3mph average, ~8000ft total climb. From 49, we take the Ridge toward Pike/Alleghany. Just before Alleghany (around mile 23), we turn on to Pliocene Ridge Road and continue another 9 miles. At mile 32 Pliocene Ridge Road ends (or turns into dirt road). Views of the buttes from several locations on Pliocene Ridge. Weather is at least 10-15F cooler than Oregon Creek, with an elevation difference of 4600ft.

My first century

Yesterday, on Mother's Day May 13 2007, Bob and I rode my first (his umpteenth) century. We took off around 10am from Ananda Village and rode our bikes to Bassetts and back. I call it the double B century: Bassets with Bob. The weather couldn't have been better, sunny and in the low 70's. The entire ride is absolutely gorgeous. In about 5 miles from our home, we enter into the Tahoe National Forest. We are in the mountains, either descending/ascending to a river canyon or riding in one the entire time. About 30 miles of this ride each way tracks the North Yuba river or one of its tributaries and as we get close to Sierra City and Bassetts, we are riding at the base of the snow-capped Sierra Buttes. Most of the way we are greeted by small and medium-sized waterfalls that make it hard not to stop and enjoy the beauty. We finished it in 7:20/8:20 riding time/total time. It consisted of about 11,000 ft of climbing. JT, Bob and I will do our next century on June 2nd, in Murphy's called the Sierra Century. I will report on that after we finish it. See you in the Sierra's some time.