Downieville
Originally posted to RohJuh.com on Aug 12, 2003. This was our first mountain biking trip to the Tahoe area (although Brian has been there once before) and we looked forward to riding the Flume and Downieville trails, both of which are fairly famous. Since the drive up to the Tahoe area is pretty long, we decided to break it up by driving to Lone Pine on Friday night, camping there, and then continuing on to the Tahoe area on Saturday. Lone Pine’s Quackin’ Ducks We left SD a bit past 7, made fairly good time, and got to the Lone Pine campsite around midnight. It was a fairly warm night so we all slept outside. Unfortunately, people shuffling around the campsite throughout the night and loud, quacking ducks made for a restless night of sleep. The Flume Trail We got an early start the next morning, but just as we were leaving, we got stopped by the campground attendant to pay the campsite fee. After paying, we hit Mickey D’s for a healthy McGriddle breakfast and were then on o...
