Diane's Sierra Cascade Ride: Shasta to Ashland Oregon

Mileage: 80
Total Ascent: 3900

Todays ride although long was a great day. The weather was wonderful with the sun shining as we started out. The route was fantastic with good roads and great descents on old Hiway 99 and other back roads. We climbed I5 for about 7 miles with all the semi trucks and speeding cars. The interstate doesn't bother me as the shoulders are very wide. I'm more concerned with backroads that have no shoulders and cars speeding along like they are on the freeway. It seems everytime we turned we saw Mt Shasta - a beautiful mountain covered in snow. There were ranches with vast acreage and herds of cattle. We did see 3 deer that ran across the road and into a yard besides all the cattle.

We ran into this gal named Alyson on her Bike Friday. She was self-contained, riding solo and had been on the road for 3 months and had another month to go before she had to be back in Phoenix for work. So she thought she would return by way of the Sierra Cascades. She had been cycling everywhere. Death Valley, Crater Lake and I don't remember where else. She was amazing. It would be fun to be as adventurous. You can find her on FB under The Little Bike That Could

We climbed up the Siskiyou summit and felt cheated as they didn't have a sign at the top but the view was beautiful. See Picture below. I have more but can't put them all on the blog.

Tonite we had a marguerita party as we rode into another state. Also Patty our guide will be leaving us in Crater Lake and Katie our new guide is here now and overlapping with Patty before she leaves. Patty is great and I hate to see her go.