Ben Hur Road

We don't like to retrace our steps if we can avoid it so decided to take the Ben Hur Road through the countryside south east of Mariposa to get back towards Fresno where we had started off a week before. The dry ranch lands dotted with big oak trees was a beautiful landscape and the road was very quiet, except for the regular passage of tarantulas that are migrating this time of year. The descent to Eastman Lake would have been a beauty if the road hadn't been composed of shoddy pothole patches that threatened to loosen our teeth and the bolts on our bikes.Læs mere