Started out at 8:15am, wanting to let the sun come up a bit before hitting the forest roads, to avoid any unnecessary encounters with furry jay-walkers. Temperature started at about 54, but quickly dropped to the mid 30s, some where before I reached Old Station. I had started out with pretty much everything on, and was glad I had. The temperature reached a minimum of 32 degrees, and traveling at 65 mph, it took about 45 minutes for the cold to seep through my gloves, even with the heated grips. Since the temperature was generally around 37, for much of it, I guess I wasn't overly worried about frostbite, although the thought did cross my mind. The weather warmed up to a balmy 60 degrees or so by the time I reached Susanville, and the going was pretty reasonable beyond that point.
I made it to Reno by about noon, and picked up Kari at the Airport. I've decided I got the idiot savant GPS. It knows all the roads, but not very good at picking the best ones. I just followed the road signs into the airport, ignoring several of its protests to turn earlier.
We stopped at the Claim Jumper, and had a good filling lunch. Temperatures were in the low to mid 70's as we left, and it felt pretty warm, slogging through the slower stop-and-go traffic going through the towns just South of Reno. Eventually, the towns petered out and the speed picked up, and the temperature cooled off has we headed up in elevation. I enlisted Kari as tailgunner, to get photos while we went. Considering we hadn't left Reno until about 1pm, I was a little concerned that we'd be getting into Bishop near sunset. Luckily it was only about 5:15pm, and the sun hadn't quite set, yet. A hot shower felt fantasitic. We skipped dinner, still satisfied from the big lunch, and went to bed early.
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