Really? You think Highway 50 is better than 89 to 88? I didn't much like 88 & 89 but I heard 50 is busier and also has no shoulder.
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > You are far more adventurous than us. Hwy 89 was actually an alternate > choice--my preference is to stick to Hwy 50 for the return trip. > > --Eric > campyonly...@me.com > www.campyonly.com > www.wheelsnorth.org > > On Sep 13, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Anne Paulson wrote: > >> Eric, and others doing that route, do you know the nicer route on the >> Tahoe side of Luther Pass? A touring cyclist pointed it out to me last >> week when I was finishing off my (Riv-enabled) Sierra Cascades trip by >> riding over Luther and Carson Passes to Sacramento. >> >> In the westward direction, don't turn off Highway 50 onto Highway 89 >> in Meyers. Instead, go a little further, cross the river, then turn >> left onto S. Upper Truckee Road. Ride until you reach Highway 89. >> Then, instead of turning onto Highway 89, cross the road and enter the >> campground. Ride through the campground. Eventually you'll reach a >> Tahoe Rim trailhead, where you'll turn left to finish off the climb to >> Luther Pass. >> >> In the eastward direction, after cresting Luther Pass and beginning to >> head down, turn right at the Tahoe Rim trailhead, ride through the >> campground, cross 89, ride down S. Upper Truckee Road, turn right to >> continue on to South Lake Tahoe. >> >> Riding down the Sierra, I was forced to spend a lot of time on Highway >> 89. It's not a particularly pleasant road, so I was glad to take any >> opportunity that presented itself to ride a nicer parallel road. >> >> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: >>> My Riv-enabled weekend ride: just a shade under 300 miles with 18,000 feet >>> of climbing from Davis to Lake Tahoe and back, all aboard my Riv Road >>> Standard: >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/35176...@n03/sets/72157624947289984/ >>> >>> Captions for the photos coming soon. >>> >>> --Eric >>> campyonly...@me.com >>> www.campyonly.com >>> www.wheelsnorth.org >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- Anne Paulson >> >> My hovercraft is full of eels >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- -- Anne Paulson My hovercraft is full of eels -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
