Day 67. Lake Tahoe, California. Decided to explore Lake Tahoe today and drive around the 72 mile circumference. A busy, but scenic drive. We saw more traffic today than we have for weeks and actually had to queue in a few places. However, now we are in California we are allowed to filter between lanes, which helps. Unlike the U.K., most states in America ban filtering (or lane splitting, as they call it here), which means that you lose one of the main spee...

Day 66. Lake Tahoe, California. We had a bit of a relaxing start today with the excuse that "it gave the day a chance to warm up". The air temperature at night is still in minus figures - its a good job that we have a nice big gas fire in the room. We then headed up to Rose Mountain for a 7.5 mile waterfall walk. Scenery was spectacular in the sun but it was a bit chilly up there in the shade at just 5 degrees. There was also snow on the ground in places. We ar...

Day 65. Lake Tahoe, California. The sun is back, Mark's bike is fixed and we've made it to Lake Tahoe. We tried to find somewhere in Fallon to replace the tyre but no-one was able to do it - they mainly catered for off-road bikes. So, we had to bite the bullet and pay for a tow truck to take the bike to the Triumph dealer in Reno. Anyway, the bike now has a new tyre and has also had an oil change - so hopefully should be in good shape for the final leg of the ...