Day 29 - over Mt. Lassen summit to Guernsey campground, on our way to Lake Almanor

It was cold last night - the campground is at 6000 feet, it was a clear night, and the trees shaded our tent... We wore just about everything we had.

We're usually up about 6:30 and on the road by about 8:30. I told Trudy we should stay in bed until we saw the sun shining, so we did. It was still cold! 

We took our breakfast over to a sunny spot to eat and a young woman came over to apologize for any noise they made when they came in late... It didn't bother us - we slept through their arrival. But, it turned out she was interested  in bike touring, so we went over to the market for coffee / tea and had a nice visit while we waited for the day to get warm enough to ride over the summit. 

We didn't get on the road until almost 11.

Rose, the bear, enjoyed seeing the summit of Mt. Lassen while Charley, the bear, took care of some business in the woods.

Here's our destination... Way off on the right side of the lake is where we hoped to go...

Here's the hill...

Here's Trudy enjoying the hill...

Here's Charley and Rose celebrating reaching the top of the hill...

Here's Trudy and Frank celebrating reaching the top of the hill...

Here's a mud pot.

Here's my bike seat...

I know, they don't have much to do with anything, but I'd rather be on my bike seat than in a mud pot. So there you go.

We shortened today's ride by about 25 miles because we didn't have enough daylight...