Switzerland

This morning, it was again when we woke up as there is pretty strong winds in this area. However, we made it out of the sleeping bags, had breakfast and started with a very steep climb (up to 19% elevation gain in corners), also passing Lake Gregory, a little mountain lake. The day felt a bit like cycling in Switzerland as we passed mountain cabins, lakes, forest and street names such as "Knickerbocker", "Bergschrund" or "Althorn".
Once we got up the first hills, we were at "Rim of the world", a road following a ridge with the desert just behind. The winds here were absolutely crazy, so we had to be really careful. We also missed the 4000km-stop by 1km as the winds were too strong at that stretch ;)
For lunch, we stopped at a roadhouse in Running Springs and got plenty of coffee to warm up. In the afternoon, the winds had calmed down, so we could enjoy the rest of the cycling to Big Bear, a beautiful lake in the mountains where we stayed with our host Derek.Read more