Oh yeah, I saw the lion coming out of White Wolf before Yosemite Institute. Gary
On Aug 20, 6:51 pm, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Gary -- Thanks for the link. I have backpacked extensively through that > region over the past three decades. I have seen many, many bears in that > time, but only one mountain lion - and it scared the heck out of me! It was > in Kings Canyon about three years ago, quite near upper Crabtree Meadow which > is the approach to Whitney Pass on the John Muir Trail at about 10K feet. I > was solo and just two days out from completing the JMT. It was evening, and > I rounded a bend following the creek and there was the lion finishing off the > fresh kill of a yearling deer. Very alarming, as the lion did not see or > hear me approach due to the noise of the cascading creek. My first thought > was that it would attack, fearing I was going to move in on it's kill. It > didn't. It just drug the dear off across the meadow and I got out of there > as fast as possible. I, too, told the back-country ranger about it, but he > wasn't concerned. You know, nature, that > thing. > > Anyway, back to the real world - I am curious how you found the going > through Yosemite on 120 since it has virtually no shoulder whatsoever. Was it > dangerous in the traffic? > > Ray > > --- On Thu, 8/20/09, Gary <g...@worldcyclotour.com> wrote: > > From: Gary <g...@worldcyclotour.com> > Subject: [RBW] Re: Touring 101 and beyond > To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 3:38 PM > > Hi Ray & Don, > > Here is the route at > mapmyride.http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ca/sierra-mountains/31718... > I did the route in reverse from what I originally planned and stopped > in Sequoia NP. I almost was unable to go due to time availability so I > did the route in reverse and had to cut it short. Still it was > absolutely breathtaking. I only camped 6 days in campgrounds and the > rest in the national forests offroad. One thing about dirt roads and > loaded touring bikes, its a tradeoff between tire width and stability. > As long as I stayed on decent dirt it was great, but the sand can make > you create a whole new language. I saw a mountain Lion, first time > ever! 4 bears, usual deer, golden eagle and a weasel of all things. I > reported the mtn. lion when I came into the park. Lots of climbing, > amazing views. > > Don, the mapping program works great for getting your mileage down and > the route. For my tours I also use USGS topo maps and compass since I > explore as much as possible off road when in the forest. I dumped the > GPS two years ago due to charging unavailabilty. For your tour it > sounds as if you will be near people and infrastructure so a good gps > may be an asset for finding places just always verify by map. > > Gary > > On Aug 20, 11:11 am, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > > Sorry -- it was Gary's route i am interested in looking over, not Don's > > (yet). > > > Ray > > > --- On Thu, 8/20/09, Don <donl...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > From: Don <donl...@bellsouth.net> > > Subject: [RBW] Re: Touring 101 and beyond > > To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 11:09 AM > > > Wow, > > I just want to say how helpful all of the responses have been thus > > far. Each response has has some real practical information.This is one > > heck of a group for offering help to one another. Thank you all so > > very much. > > Cheers, > > Don > > > On Aug 20, 1:59 pm, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > Don - do you have a link to the route you mapped? I'd be very interested > > > in looking it over. > > > > Ray > > > > --- On Thu, 8/20/09, Gary <g...@worldcyclotour.com> wrote: > > > > From: Gary <g...@worldcyclotour.com> > > > Subject: [RBW] Re: Touring 101 and beyond > > > To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > > Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 7:41 AM > > > > Hello Don, > > > > You can ship your bike to a LBS in the area before hand and have it > > > tuned for you arrival and then reverse the same procedure for your > > > trip home. That way it will be good to go for your trip. I just > > > returned this weekend from a two week solo self contained tour of the > > > Sierras through Yosemite, Kings and Sequoia NP's starting on the 395 > > > in Mammoth. I just used Map My Ride for the route and it was amazing. > > > No real need to follow bike routes if you are up for some adventure. > > > But if you are going to follow a route, try Adventure Cycling for some > > > maps. > > > > Gary > > > On Aug 19, 5:17 pm, Don <donl...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > > > I am not new to biking but I am new to touring. I've got the bike/s > > > > (Sam Hillborne, Myata 610) and most of the basics. I also have a > > > > handle on touring within my state (Florida). But I need some help with > > > > planning some tours in other parts of the USA and overseas. I have > > > > some (probably dumb) questions about how one transports their bike to > > > > other distant locations and how one get a good guide for some of these > > > > tours. For example, after Easter I will have a week and my wife and I > > > > want to head to Northern California and do some touring that would > > > > take in the wine country and surrounding area. I don't really want to > > > > book a guided tour with rented bikes etc. Now maybe to start that is > > > > absolutely the best way to go. But all of the ones I have seen are > > > > very pricey and extremely structured to the group. Being new to this > > > > group I just figured I would lay it out there and see what information > > > > I might be able to gather. I am sure that there are various websites > > > > or other resources I could be directed to. I am not sure if this is OK > > > > but I will give you my email address so that if any want to send me > > > > stuff they can. Thanks in advance for any help you might give. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Don > > > > donl...@bellsouth.net- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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