Entries from August 2008

August 6, 2008

cycling Lake Tahoe

More pics from Andy’s camera. That’s Big Blue race organizer Todd with the FARTs.

See the rest of Andy’s cycling photos on flickr.

August 3, 2008

Ocean Blue Race- 1/2 Moon Bay & Tahoe Recon

Once upon a time… the tale of the FARTS at Ocean Blue.
Timeline: Wednesday, July 23, 8:00 p.m. Coeur d’ Alene… Morgen arrives from Missoula, and we do some packing after celebrating Rachael’s birthday. A good time was had by all, though not much sleep.
Timeline: Thursday, July 24, Coeur d’ Alene… We load up the Durango, [...]

August 2, 2008

mountain bike Schweitzer

Morgen and Rick talked about doing some ski hill training in advance of Tahoe, which promises to be grueling.
Schweitzer is $15 / day for a lift pass with bike. Very reasonable.

The Great Escape Quad runs Thursdays – Mondays from 10am to 5pm through September 1, 2008
mountain bike Schweitzer

August 1, 2008

travel to Tahoe

The best rated website for searching for travel deals is Mobissimo.com.

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I usually compare the results from that site with Yahoo Fare Chase.

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From Reno, there is a $35 shuttle which will get you to Truckee, the race site at Lake Tahoe.
Certainly we need one vehicle to go to transport the GEAR. Perhaps all of [...]