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Our first full day in Whitehawk near Graeagle was pretty laid back. We played around in the house, explored the ponds in the meadow, grabbed a few groceries in Graeagle, and went swimming at the pool.  Just a laid back day Links For several years, we have rented a house for a week in a special, fun location and invited our kids and grandkids to join us. It has become a special tradition for us. As the family has grown we have needed a larger house and this year’s rental house in Whitehawk near Graeagle, CA was the largest and nicest yet.  In Whitehawk, overlooking the meadow and golf course  Looking out over the back yard and deck The house sat on a small rise overlooking a large meadow to the east. Sunrise was gorgeous. The creek, swollen from snow-melt, was just down the hill, and listening to its rushing sounds in the evening was especially relaxing. Except for the the lack of advertised internet/wifi, this place was almost perfect. We are a family that heavily uses the internet. Between us, we had 8 wifi devices, and my son-in-law was expecting to handle some work-related (possibly emergency) issues via the net. It was clear the owner/agent didn’t understand, nor particularly care about the false advertising. I guess I’d recommend the place, with the proviso of verifying any features that are really important. Stay tuned for more on our daily adventures. Today was the last day of Tioga Road being closed to auto traffic, so I drove up for the day. I really missed not being able to ride up MacKenzie Pass in central Oregon, so this was my opportunity to get the same experience. I started riding about 10:30 am at the Tuolumne Grove parking area. While I have been doing some riding this year, I haven’t done any climbing, and I wasn’t prepared for long climbs. They are not particularly steep, but with the altitude and poor conditioning it was slow going. At 15 miles, I gained a summit at 8,300 ft. Next was a descent to Yosemite Creek, and I doubted my ability to climb back out so I made my turnaround there. The ride back was quick except for about a 300′ climb. The temperature was perfect. There was snow all along the ride, ranging from very patchy at the beginning to solid snow cover at 8,000 ft. The one small lake I passed (Siesta Lake) was still half-covered in ice. I took very few photos. After all, the purpose of the trip was a bike ride. |
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