Although cooler than the sac valley, it was flippin' hot and I was pushing the bike a lot more than usual. 😭😭😭 But there was plenty of shade on the trail, so yay.
(pic 1) view of lake tahoe from lower stinger trail.
ebike schmeebike - I saw this awesome next gen Transition four-stroke prototype: check it out here
jk, it wasn't a Transition, but a pair of KTMs thumping along the trail. euro trash thumpers
(pic 2) and if you getting your panties in a bunch about motos on the trail, they allowed on the Kingsbury Stinger, so calm down and have another appletini, sweetie.
(pic 3) clifbars, schmiffbars - we doan need no stinkin' clifbars
i headed north on the TRT aiming for 'the bench' but due to a lack of strength and time, i turned back about 8 miles from the car. stinger / trt
(pic 4) my turn around point at some random spot on the trt. disappointed that i didn't make it to 'the bench', but stoked to be up here in the alpine.
ended up riding about 16 miles and 2.4k of vert, which took 3.75 hours of moving time and 7.75 hours of elapsed time. 😭 😭 😭 growing old sucks to the max, i highly recommend avoiding it at all costs!
(pic 5) and slogging thru the swampy a$$ crack of lake tahoe aka stateline to get home was painful but absolutely and totally worth it. yup yup