The main reason we came to this town was because of the
Bizz Johnson Trail. We just love these Rail-to-Trails. Especially when we hear they include old rail bridges and tunnels. With the trails following alongside a river, you're almost guaranteed beautiful scenery.
We weren't disappointed. It was a great ride. The trail is 30 miles long. We biked west of Susanville to mile marker 15 before turning around. The grade going out was a gradual incline (possibly 3%), so we weren't expecting it to be such an easy ride coming back down. Oh, you still have to pedal, but it was so much easier on the return trip. We cut our return time in half and that still included picture taking and rest stops.
We had gotten an early start this morning (we were on the trail by 7am) because the temperature was expected to go over 100 degrees again. The other bonus to beating the heat was that we had the trail completely to ourselves for the first 3 1/2 hours of riding. We couldn't believe it!
We weren't disappointed. It was a great ride. The trail is 30 miles long. We biked west of Susanville to mile marker 15 before turning around. The grade going out was a gradual incline (possibly 3%), so we weren't expecting it to be such an easy ride coming back down. Oh, you still have to pedal, but it was so much easier on the return trip. We cut our return time in half and that still included picture taking and rest stops.
We had gotten an early start this morning (we were on the trail by 7am) because the temperature was expected to go over 100 degrees again. The other bonus to beating the heat was that we had the trail completely to ourselves for the first 3 1/2 hours of riding. We couldn't believe it!
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