March 31, 2011 - Bike Ride Tune Up

This Thursday, March 31st, we Geezers completed the scheduled bike ride that was postponed from the previous week. This was advertized as a mystery tour!! With Sherm and John in charge, every week's a mystery tour! We started out from the CSUS Aquatic Center parking lot on Hazel Ave and all we knew was that we would start and finish at the Aquatic Center. Several areas for the ride had been tossed out for consideration so after a great debate, John & Sherm made the final decision to ride the south side of Lake Natomas, then explore the endless Folsom bike path system, returning via the north side of Lake Natomas with that final hill climb back up to Hazel (see photos). We all followed like sheep on bikes!
This was Rich and Vello's first ride with us, so now that we're all tuned up, I'm sure they'll be back for the big San Francisco ride in May.

March 17, 2011 - Snoeshoe Adventures #2

Additional photos courtesy of Rod Robinson.

March 17, 2011 - Bassi Falls Snowshoe Hike

This week, eight Geezers (plus Loren Gray's grandson) attempted to snowshoe into Bassi Falls. The hike was about 2 1/2 miles into the falls, around 5 miles for the round trip. There was significant snow depth. The weather was beautiful during the entire adventure. Some of us stopped just short of the falls as the constant rise in elevation of over 400ft helped build a hearty appetite for our traditional NOON lunch!! Bassi Falls is north of Rte 50, east of Union Valley Reservoir at about the 5200' elevation. Parking was on the Ice House Road. There were a few stumbles here and there (note the photos) and the writer classed this hike as moderate to difficult due to the constant climbing from the parking lot and the snow depths. Others thought it less strenuous but I'm sure we'll all ache a little on Friday morning. We finished the day as usual at McDonald's in Placerville for ice cream!
Thanks to nearly everyone for the selected photos. Rod's photos will be on a seperate blog as we have too many to publish this week.
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