On the eve of my departure for Klamath Falls, I am updating my intended bike trip plans...for the umpteenth time. That map I posted recently? Just a pretty decoration.
The internet is wonderful. If you try, you can learn from other people's mistakes what routes are clogged by tourists experimenting with steering their rented RVs, which ones have hundred-mile stretches without services, and what days you are most likely to get runned-over by logging trucks. I know runned-over isn't proper English, but saying it that way takes some of the sting out of the possibility of actually experiencing it. The Adventure Cycling forum recommends, for example, taking the bus between Chester and Quincy. They don't say runned-over per se, but runned-over is definitely implied.
Anyway, I have been consulting with my old pal Dr. Googlie and I have decided to forego the Crater Lake rim ride for the time being (they close it off to cars and RVs one weekend in September) and to sizzle my way through the Lava Beds National Monument instead, loop around through Lassen Volcanic National Park, take that highly recommended bus to Quincy, and head for Truckee and Lake Tahoe. Maybe. Might change my mind at any moment and chart a new direction if it suits my fancy.
My approximate route from Klamath Falls to Truckee
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| A Google Image from Stanley, Idaho. |
I hope to stay out for three weeks, keep the mileage way down, eat healthy, see one billion stars, catch up with a couple of old friends, and avoid getting runned-over.
Peace, Love, and Bike Camping,
Jim
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