Sunday morning is again clear and sunny. The rest of the morning is a nice steady run uphill toward Bartle with stopwatch miles again in the 25-MPH range. Twenty miles away the snowcap on Mt. Shasta is touched by passing clouds making a dynamic that fools the eye into believing the clouds are being created on the mountain crown. Leaving the lunch spot to ants carrying away our breadcrumbs, we're off again toward McCloud. The afternoon temperature is mild with cool breezes.
High clouds give motion to shadows in the woods.
Our motorcars on the track look like colored beads strung on an Indian Maidens necklace. At mp 7 there is another outstanding view of Mt. Shasta in the notch of trees created by the track. The clouds still billow off the mountain crown. Instead we push on uphill, turn on the switchback, and run downhill to Mt. Shasta City for setoff. Total distance today is 82.5 miles.