Our maps said theday would be 130 miles, but it proved to be 150. About a third of us ended theday in the support vans, including me, when neck replica Oris watches cramps did me in at mile 112.By the time we got to camp, the bike touring company Western Spirit had foodand massage tables ready, so the recovery began immediately. I can’t speak foranyone else, but I slept for about 10 hours. Exhaustion is good that way. Day 2: A big climbing day took us 70 miles from Lake McSwain toYosemite National Park, where we camped between El Capitan and Half Dome.Fantastic scenery the whole way, obviously, especially compared to theagricultural areas we had ridden through the previous day.
Another bigcarbintensive meal from Western Spirit, showers, massages, and a bit ofbearproofing, and we turned in around 8:00. Day 3: Breakfast happens each Rado replica watches day at around 6:30 and is generally amix of eggs, fruit, potatoes, cereal, oatmeal, yogurt, coffee, and lots ofbread. We rolled out at 7:45 in anticipation of another big climbing day, whichwould include the gradual but 40milelong climb up Tioga Pass. Unfortunately,after an initial 20mile climb—and just as we were about to start up Tioga—parkrangers decided we had too many bikes on the road. We couldn’t see the logic.Bikes are allowed on the road, but the ranger in charge decided that we had“too many bikes.”
He couldn’t site any law we were technically breaking. But hehad the big hat, so we loaded up the vans and drove 30 miles to the park exit,then rode the A Lange & Sohne replica watches remaining 40 miles to Mammoth, California.In the end, it probably worked in our favor that we skippedthose climbing miles, as we spent the rest of the day riding slightly uphilland into a 25 to 30mileperhour headwind. Brutal afternoon. Day 4: We were afraid of more headwinds, so we made a point ofbeing on the bikes by 7:30 this morning.
