Day 26

The Reno Rib Festival

Overlooking Lake Tahoe with boats on the water from the motorbike, California, USA
Overlooking Lake Tahoe with boats on the water from the motorbike, California, USA

Lower Virginia Creek Primitive Campground to Lookout Campground

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Day 26 - I had to see Lake Tahoe. Everyone talks about it and the couple on my flight were off to a cabin there. I’d seen many lakes by now and couldn’t possibly be impressed with another. I headed up some dirt to Bridgeport and hit the Hot Springs that the grocery girl told me. Too steamy in the desert sun I grabbed a coffee and met a pair of Kiwi’s, who also attended Leguna Seca, travelling in a Vintage Rolls Royce. I creeped up highways into the hills and back into Tahoe City. It’s clear this wasn’t a remote tourist attraction, containing all the big chains nearby. When I saw the lake I instantly knew why people are drawn to it. It’s huge and enveloped in mountains. It’s a perfect place for a ‘getaway’ if you like a popular and commercial location. I caught Emerald Bay, better seen by water, and headed to Reno where a fellow hiker at the falls told me about the annual ‘Rib Cook-off’. Intrigued I set off to Reno as the sun fell and made it to The Nugget where the smell of freshly cooked flesh permeated the air. I ordered a ‘Psycho’ and taster ribs, enough protein to last me days. I headed up near Lookout Campground feeling slightly sick in the cover of darkness.

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