Day 3 Sacramento to Auburn.

We were up early and loading the trailer by 6.00am on a day with shortish ride, this was to give us plenty of recovery time in the afternoon in preparation for day 4 which is going to be hard. Watch the sun rise over Sacramento and it was cold in the breeze. After a good breakfast we left at about 8.00am. After only half a mile we got on the American River Bikepath which is the best path I've been on, wide, smooth,and very scenic. The day warmed up with clear blue skies as we saw eagles, wild turkeys and Fulsom Prison. We left the bike path after that and were on ordinary roads climbing through a nice forest, but the hill got steeper and the last mile and a half into Auburn was tough. Stopped in a coffee shop and I had an American lady introduce herself to say that her husband was Welsh and she recognised the flag on my bike, he was from Bridgend. Temperture was in the high 80's F when we got to the hotel after 51.4 miles, very pleasant. Managed to down load the photos as the computer in the hotel worked. Then off for an early night.