Weekend Adventure...non-bikey style.

Well, it was time to do something different....so the decision was made to go do a little hike up in the Sierras.  Wifey and I chose the Shirley Canyon trail out of Squaw valley with a little extra add on to get up to high camp.  It's a fairly short hike 2.5 miles one way or so, but you gain about 1400 ft of elevation in those 2.5 miles.  It even includes some nice scrambling up a diorite slab.  Anyway, it's a great hike that runs along a creek almost the entire way, gives you a lake to take a dip in, and allows you to cheat and end up at high camp for a beer and lunch.  To top it all off, you don't have to hike back down....you just hop on the gondola (for free) and ride back down to the village.  So go check it out if you haven't done it.  I couldn't believe such a great hike existed so close and I'd never done it!!

And the pictures:

Hoping the creek.

There's some scrambling involved in several places.

Waterfalls are present in several places.

It's a great hike for fit doggies.

Two works of beauty!

Still a little snow up top.

Plenty of pretty flowers.

A little RNR at High Camp before the gondola ride down.

Long weekend.....Tahoe, Wings, Running, Riding, Food, Hiking.....I'm beat!

Ok, we all just had a nice long weekend.  Wifey and I decided to seize the time and wring out ever single thing we could!  We started out "camping" up at Tahoe....it's "camping" because while we were in the truck camper, we were parked in our friends driveway.  Technically, it's still camping.

I neglected to take the camera on this portion of the trip so you'll have to take my word for it.  We were also just down the street from Sugar Pine campground, so we took advantage of their trail system to get in a nice little run on some of the single track out to Lost Lake.

We came back to Reno Friday night and did absolutely nothing.....So Saturday the marathon of fun was re-kicked off at the Wing Festival!

The plaza a Harah's that you can't even walk a bike across to get to the bike racks...stupid!

At least Harah's has bike racks.....

Wing Fest was well attended and there were some good wings!

On to Craft Beer and Wine....Wing fest definitely needs to work on the beer they served!

For the record, both beers aren't mine.....one is wifey's and is just a prop for the picture!

Brilliant placement of construction signs, causing you to ride straight into a narrow lane of traffic.

More brilliant use of bike lanes for construction warnings.

Party at the friends house.

Their sick new grill that provided much food!

Desert!  Which you can eat tons of if you ride your bike to the party!

Hiking on the Tahoe rim Trail.

Views!

More views with flowers!