{"id":451,"date":"2009-06-30T02:00:09","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveforthepath.com\/?p=451"},"modified":"2025-01-23T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T19:24:17","slug":"day-26-folsom-ca-baels-point-campground-pollock-pines-ca-sly-park-recreational-area-into-the-sierras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liveforthepath.com\/?p=451","title":{"rendered":"Day 26 \u2013 Folsom, CA (Baels Point Campground) \u2013 Pollock Pines, CA (Sly Park Recreational Area) \u2013 Into the Sierra’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

47 miles in 5.33 hours \u2013 Max Speed: 31mph<\/b><\/p>\n

I got up pretty early and after breakfast, headed east towards the mountains. <\/p>\n

\"Thank<\/a>

Thank goodness I am away from the coast.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"What<\/a>

What about 1 bike that is fully loaded?<\/p><\/div>\n

Very early in the day it became obvious that it was going to be a hilly day. I passed by the famous Folsom State Prison where Johnny Cash played and took a picture.<\/p>\n

\"Yup.\"<\/a>

Yup.<\/p><\/div>\n

\":O\"<\/a>

:O<\/p><\/div>\n

I grinded up some hills, always to give the elevation back in a downhill and then eventually stopped at a Starbucks. <\/p>\n

\"Pretty\"<\/a>

Pretty<\/p><\/div>\n

I updated the website for a while and then continued. As soon as I left the Starbucks I passed an all you can eat pizza buffet, so made another stop. After putting them out of business I finally really got going again.<\/p>\n

The remainder of the day was hilly, and had a lot of traffic. I did get to stop in a small town called Diamond Springs and sent some more stuff home, because I knew that I was getting to the ‘hilly’ part of the trip. <\/p>\n

\"Notice<\/a>

Notice anything here?<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Take<\/a>

Take a closer look. Snow! In June! This bodes poorly.<\/p><\/div>\n

I left and then did a mammoth uphill. It was probably only two miles, but I think I gained over 1000 feet during it. After that it was pretty flat all the way to the campgrounds. There was great stealth camping around, but I was running low on water and I didn’t know if Tim and Tim were planning on making it to the campground that night.<\/p>\n

\"Definitely<\/a>

Definitely different looking here.<\/p><\/div>\n

I got there at about 7pm and settled in. One of my neighbors, Billy, who I think was a little drunk, came over and talked for a while. He gave me a bunch of his leftovers since he was leaving the next morning, so thanks very much to him! I talked to the neighbors on the other side for a while as well, who ran an organization which takes kids out of gangs in Sacramento and takes them camping and dirtbike riding and things. The guy who ran that was a really cool guy as well.<\/p>\n

I then went to a neighboring campsite because I heard that there were two other bikers going cross country there as well. I talked with those two guys for a while, and got their phone number. <\/p>\n