Adventure #2

On Saturday, my dad, my brother, and I went down to North Fork, California, which is approximately east of San Jose, in order to participate in the Grizzly Century bike ride.   North Fork is in Madera County, near the geographic center of California.  We woke up at four in the morning to drive over, and we arrived at seven o’clock.  When we got there, we registered for the 100 kilometer (about 62 mile) ride and then ate a pancake breakfast.  The ride took about 4 hours and 20 minutes, and we got free lunch.  There was a few rest stops throughout the ride, but we only stopped at one of them for some snacks and refreshments.  The ride started at 2200 feet elevation, and the highest point of the ride was around 5500 feet.  The ride had about 5000 feet of total elevation gain, but since it was an out and back, all the hills that we climbed up we descended as well.  At a few spots during the ride, there were lookout points where we were able to take awesome pictures, since the views from high up were very impressive.  At some spots we could see mountains and giant granite boulders with peaks that were above the tree line.  The ride was fun and was a good way to spend the first half of my Saturday.