This day started out bright and COLD, with the morning temp just slightly above freezing. We continued north on CA#49 with the option of taking US#50 over the mountains into Nevada. This worked, US50 had NO restrictions but we knew that there had been snow overnight on this section as well.
We stopped at a very nice coffee shop in Placerville, CA which included live music, so you can't beat that. After that stop we set out on Highway 50 East to Nevada and Lake Tahoe. We very briefly stopped in Tahoe as we had lost a lot of time using this route. We descended into the inland valley of Nevada on the famous Kingsburry Grade road, which drops over 3,000ft to the town of Gardnerville, NV. There was snow on the side of the road and temperature was now again a 32F or 0C, it made of a very interesting ride on two wheels.
We stopped for lunch in one of my favorite towns, which I have been to so many times, but it was much more fun to arrive on a motorcycle in Genoa, NV. Site of the oldest waterholes (Bars) in the state, and yes there were other bikes there too. After lunch we were off to the REI store in Reno to by more winter clothing, like long john's and glove liners.
After our stop in Reno buying the last of the winter stock we headed for Fernley, NV our overnight stop.
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