It was two years ago when we did the first Tour-de-Licious traveling from Sacramento to Kings Canyon National Park. Wendy Sigerson, a professional caterer, approached me again for a repeat and it was an easy sell.
I conferred with Dave and Kristina Vandershaf about a route and Dave came up with an 8-day loop through Northern CA and Southern OR beginning and ending in Yreka.
If you know Dave, it was a doozy of a tour covering 355 miles with over 25,000' of vertical. Five days had major passes to surmount.
Sixteen hard-core riders and wannabes signed up for the tour. Many were repeaters from the last tour and some were new. The Wendy Tours are known for fantastic food combined with hard-core riding.
This time, instead of doing a loaded tour, we had a sag truck to haul all our camping gear. A very wise decision.
In spite of couple days of rain, the tour went amazingly well. The route through the Klamath Mountains was incredibly scenic and remote. It was a rare instance when we encountered a vehicle.
The best part of the tour was the group of 17 really clicked. Cycle touring is really fun but when all the personalities are affable and cooperative it is a real bonus.
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