Placerville Bike Shop Bob and the Fam

Bob's bike shop family



We left Joe and Lindsay at South Tahoe and went to the GROSS OUT. (the grocery outlet). Spent WAY to long shopping and delaying our riding. Finally we hopped back on the bikes and zoomed off. We started to hit lots of small California towns. Everywhere. Little chocolate shops, wineries, cafes, boutiques. We had taken route 50, which was rather lonely in Nevada (the loneliest road in America), but had become quite the interstate by California. IT was scary. No shoulder interstate. Cars and trucks whizzing and honking. We had to bike on the wrong side of the road where there was a small shoulder. Somehow we stayed alive. It was beautiful anyway. We ended up in Placerville, CA and needed to inflate our tires. So we went to Bob's bicycle shop (don't go to Golden Spoke in Placerville, go to Bob's). We ended up talking to his son a lot, and he, Geoff, decided to guide us to the route for Camron Rock. But as we were biking Geoff decided it was a better idea that we stay with him and his family in their beautiful Placerville home.

Their house was great. The three kids, who were all grown up and had wives and kids of their own, were living temporarily with their parents in one big happy family kind of way. We all sat around the table together laughing and eating home-made calzones. We felt so at home with the bike shop family! They told us a lot about bike mechanics (like when you see someone bring in a broken bike bought from Wal-Mart, you can't fix it). The next morning, Bob the bike mechanic drove us up this really big hill out of their neighborhood. We got to ride in a 1944 pick up truck with the dog. Thank you Bob, Geoff, and family- you guys were great and we felt so at home in your home!


Daniela