2020 Pashnit Touring
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Bevel Drive with U-Joints, vertical piston Shay Locomotive
The gearing is especially interesting as this locomotive has vertical pistons in the middle of the train, which power long driveshafts extending forward and to the rear of the train turning bevel gears that line the side of the train. These trains were known as geared steam locomotives and built throughout the 1880s. Steam pistons are mounted vertically on the right side of the train, and the boiler was offset left to counterbalance the weight of the pistons. Nearly 3000 of these types of locomotives were built until 1945.
Never believe a Road Closed sign, we always ride right around them.
Moccasin Powerhouse, water is piped out of the Sierra into those penstocks and fed into generators
Luc does a public service to move the 'road closed' sign.
We determined the road to be open.
Moccasin Powerhouse, water is piped out of the Sierra into those penstocks and fed into generators
Luc does a public service to move the 'road closed' sign.
We determined the road to be open.
Riding Highway 49 - The Little Dragon.
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Smokey out but still super fun!
I rented a Lake House at the Bass Lake Resort, one of our favorite places to bed down in the state. These run $500 a night, but with couple of us staying in here, it's cheaper than the A-Frame Chalets they also offer at Bass Lake Resort.
Ash in the air and is on everything.
Fire line is a couple miles away, but the fire being a month old, no longer any fire danger to the resort.
Most of the A-Frame Chalets are like this, better than a hotel room. Got the whole place to yourself. Two stories with a loft.
Bass Lake Resort is famous for this, location where they filmed The Great Outdoors with Dan Aykroyd and John Candy. Funny movie.
Bass Lake Resort is famous for this, location where they filmed The Great Outdoors with Dan Aykroyd and John Candy. Funny movie.
The only problem with this ride is the region we wanted to go ride was inside the fire line and all of those roads were closed off. So a re-route was in order. We normally ride the Mammoth Pool Loop which includes Beasore a paved-single-lane road through the national forest, but it all burned, and we'll have to wait to get back into that region.
<que flashback music> Last season...
This is Mammoth Pool Reservoir , this lake made national news a couple weeks ago when bunch of people were rescued on Labor Day Weekend when they all got trapped on the shore of this lake.
CalFire told them to wade into the lake to not get burned alive, National Guard came in and rescued them while the wildfire raged around them closing in on the lake. They got one load of people, then turned right around and got another load of people.
214 people were flown out as the fire burned to the edge of this lake in this valley.
CalFire told them to wade into the lake to not get burned alive, National Guard came in and rescued them while the wildfire raged around them closing in on the lake. They got one load of people, then turned right around and got another load of people.
214 people were flown out as the fire burned to the edge of this lake in this valley.
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