Heading North

Day 48, 75 miles (2913). Rode from Chowchilla to Escalon. The citrus groves are mostly gone, replaced with more nuts and fruit trees.

Day 49, 77 miles (2990). Rode from Escalon to the south side of Sacramento, the forecast called for a strong front with rain and much cooler temps to hit about 2 pm. I rode in the rain and gusty winds for an hour or two, just to be a little wet and cold to feel that I deserved to spend the rainy night in a warm motel room.

Day 50, 62 miles (3052), left Sacramento headed for Yuba City when there was a brief let up in the rain showers, the let up didn't last long. Between the continued downpours and the puddle splash from passing cars (the first 20 miles was in heavy urban traffic, I used sidewalks were possible but the traffic spray was still heavy) I was quickly soaked. Once I cleared the city, and was riding the wonderful bike trails along the American River and the levee headed north, the rain was much less frequent and things dried off quite a bit. The birds along this part of the ride were magnificent, due to the close proximity of the Sacramento River Delta.