Before heading up Meadow Lake Road from the 07 road, I made a quick visit to Jackson Meadows Dam. English Mountain is the peak, we will soon be passing it on the way to Washington. I encountered the broken-down Mr. Green along the way, but he got things sorted out and arrived at the campground shortly after.
The Summit City Banditos.
We crossed French Creek:
And SPLOOSH!!
Catfish.....
... at Catfish Lake! (doh!)
The Sierra Buttes are plenty visible along the 41 road.
This is The Little Cloud That Could... pleasant and fluffy now, it grew so fast that a few miles later we started feeling raindrops and it formed with others into a big bunch of lightning, hail and rain (which we missed while we lounged at the Washington Hotel).
Story of the morning - DUST.
Made it!
The Washington Hotel is an old building!
Lots of "decor".
Looking down at the Yuba River from the hotel deck.
On the way back, the roads, once above Washington, were delightfully wet down. We took a fast tour around Celina Ridge to a nice view of Bowman Lake (sorry, I did not snap a picture, forgetting I should do it anyway even if I have others)
We found the area at Meadow with lots of clouds.
It's remarkably peaceful when the sound of internal combustion engines subsides.
Took me awhile to notice GrizzlyGuy (Eric) had joined us
Campfire time was fun!
Mini Me was warming himself by the fire.
Lori showed us what Mini Me was up to while we were gone.
Meadow Lake at sunset (it wasn't much of one, since there were clouds off to the west, but still very cool stuff)
The twilight brought lots of interesting lighting.
I had to leave (4 to 6 mph over that nasty road to the top) but it was a fun day. Hope you guys got to do the night ride and that it doesn't rain too much on Fordyce!
it was a good time and look forward to the next time!
