Day 30 - Guernsey campground to Quincy

U65 miles, 2096 up, 3414 down 

It was a pretty cool night again because we had the elevation, trees and cold clear  night thing going again.

We were out on the road by 8:30ish, but wearing our down vests under our long sleeve jackets, hoping for a climb and / or sunny roads. It gradually warmed up and we were able to shed a few layers.

There is definitely a feel of early autumn up here at the higher elevations!

We rolled into Chester about 10:30 and stopped at the first diner with a crowded parking lot. We each had a hardy brunch,  then headed into town to re-supply and have a look around. 

We didn't head for Quincy until after noon, so we were a little concerned because we had almost 50 miles to cover and we've been averaging about 10 mph.

The stretch along Lake Almanor was pretty flat, so we covered it faster than we expected. The lake is really low. It was hard to get a vantage point to show it because it's mostly hidden by trees along the road...

This is the "spillway"

There's a dam on the far right, out of the picture.

The road turned downhill as we followed the riverbed, so we covered some miles in a short time.

We did have some climbing to do to get to Quincy, but were still feeling fairly fresh when we arrived.

We stopped to pick up a beer and chips to celebrate the day... It's getting to be a tradition.

Our maps said there was camping at the fairgrounds, so we asked someone how to get there. It turned out that there were two events taking place (a team roping event and a Christian rock music festival), so the gates were open.

We happened to go into the team roping gate and asked about camping. The man we met told us we were welcome to set up anywhere we wanted.

We checked out camping in between, but the Christian rock on one side and Country Western music  on the other was a bit too much!

We got to watch team roping for a while and learn a little about it.

Teams came mainly from California, Nevada and Oregon but we met someone from Oklahoma, too.

Very nice folks! We kidded them that we were going to compete on our bikes and they told us pickup trucks were invented to carry all the stuff we have on our bikes.

Here's our camping spot...