Winter 1998 - San Diego to Cincinnati
Journals - 29 January 1998
Day 1
29 January 1998 (Japatal Road/mile 12 near Loveland Reservoir; mileage =
36) -- A - We're not in Ocean Beach anymore! It seems unbelievable. We left
around 4:30 AM and didn't get too far before we got rained on. It wasn't
hard rain, but it was enough to soak everything and we were generally
climbing, so rain gear would have been too hot. Chris decided he had more
than he could handle well and I was just cruising along, so we put the back
Ortliebs on my bike. He was still pretty beat, so we took it slow with rest
stops (after the 1st 20 miles to escape the city). Finally, we decided to
camp when we saw a good spot. We're on a dirt road that doesn't seem to be
used. We're not far off the road and noise from nearby houses carries well.
We set up around 12 or 1. It was tricky since it was REALLY raining at the
time and there are all these extremely sharp needle bushes all around. We
had to cut the ends off one in the vestibule. Neither of us is very hungry,
so we ate 1 pb&j and some snacks. It's around 7 now and we're ready to go
back to sleep (we napped all afternoon). It just stopped raining recently
(our alarm shorted and shrieked so much, it scared the rain away) and it
was leaking in the tent. That's really annoying! It seems to be OK now that
it's not raining. Earlier, we stopped at the Sweetwater/Loveland Reservoir.
It was a national forest thing to fish. It didn't say no camping, but it
was a little strange, so we just rested and continued about another 4 or 5
miles.
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