So after leaving Downieville, we decided to stay in a hotel for a night and regroup since everything was soaking wet and we were exhausted from our long ride in the freezing rain. Also we would have gotten to Mount Shasta at 11pm and we had no idea where we were going to camp. We were able to take showers (some of us took two since it had been a while:) ), do laundry, wash dishes (in the bathroom sink), and sleep in a comfy bed. It was a much needed break from being cold, wet and dirty.
After exploiting all the benefits of the hotel we finished the drive to Mount Shasta. We went to a bike shop and got information on biking and camping. We went to set up camp first since rain was headed our way. By the time we had found a campsite that wasn't scary (we found some sketchy spots) and had set up camp it started to rain steadily. We made dinner and decided to ride the next day, or at least try to. The picture below is one of the only pictures we took in Mount Shasta because the weather kicked us out...
Since we looked at the weather and it looked like the rain would stop in the late evening we didn't set the tent to be completely rainproof... We left the ground tarp hanging out about a foot on each end... IT POURED...ALL NIGHT. And when we woke up we realized we were all sleeping in puddles... whoops. We rechecked the weather and saw that it was supposed to rain alllllll day. When we made the decision to pack up and start heading towards Ashland (which was supposed to have better weather) it started snowing! So without biking in Mount Shasta we headed for Ashland where we ended up riding for three days because we liked it so much. We didn't get many pictures for the same reason, we were having too much fun.
John and me eating before a ride
Me looking at Mount Shasta from Ashland
Driving through Ashland at the end of the day
The second day of riding we rode out of our campsite at about 10:30am and didn't get back from riding until 9:30pm. It was a fun, long day of riding.
Jon all "broed" out hahaha
Camp on the side of the shuttle road
Our campsite was just on the side of the road because there wasn't much camping in the area. We met a bunch of bikers camping there though.
Last ride of the first day
Jacob getting ready to shred the gnar :)
We all loved Ashland, Oregon. Some of our favorite trails included Catwalk, Upper and Lower Link, Marty's Trail, Jabberwokie, Alice in Wonderland, BTI, and Caterpillar. All the trails funneled in to downtown, so you would see mountain bikers cruising after a ride all over the place. The whole town seemed to be excited and knowledgeable about mountain biking. After lunch one day Andrew got surrounded by a bunch of high schoolers who wanted to know about his Kona Stinky hahaha....
Now we are pulling into Falls City, Oregon to ride the Black Rock trails.
The group looking out at Mount Shasta
The group headed down Alice in Wonderland
(Jacob filming followed by Jon, Andrew, John
and Sarah)
p.s. Thank you Mama Dunc (as the boys say) for your help :) and Papa too
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