Lake Tahoe, 4th of July Weekend....not so much!

Well it has come time for us to pack up and head onto our next stop, Downieville, Which is only about 100k from Tahoe so it will be a nice short drive. We have been slacking a little bit on the posting but it is for good reason. We definitely picked the wrong weekend to roll into Lake Tahoe. The place was just jammed packed with people all looking to party at the lake for the weekend. After a short search we managed to snag what was probably the last campsite in town at a place about 10 mins from the lake. The camping was primitive but nothing that were not used to by now, with that said we tried to avoid the heaps of people and traffic as much as possible.








On Friday we rode a trail that was suggested by a guy at one of the local bike shops and it turned out to be a pretty decent ride. The main ride we were looking forward to doing well in Tahoe was Mr Toads. (Macleaner you failed to mention the two and a half hour climb that was involved with this ride when you talked about its fun factor , im holding you personally responsible for the pain my legs are feeling today) none the less after a large grinding climb we reached the top and subsequently snow. I made a snow angle while Benny built a snowman. The downhill was fairly tech for the first part but as we descended the rock slowly started to disappear and was replaced by smooth windy single track.





Just as fast as we rolled in though, we are set to roll out, but not without a small photo shoot for Bens biggest fan Charlote. We haven’t heard from you lately and Benny was starting to get worried you had moved on. He hopes this picture will help to rekindle the fire that burns deep down inside you for him.

Ps, It may be a few days before we can post again, as anyone who has been to Downieville can attest it's not a hub of internet activity or much else for that matter (other than the mountain biking of course).