Trailing Along

Setting off from Rescue on Sunday 2nd April. 

If I only had a heart I would have put something in this guy's mailbox..

 Peyton and Alison Oxford come out to see Lady...

 After a few hours ride along the highways and byways of Sacramento county, we reached Folsom Lake and stopped for a break.  Lady is transfixed not by the stunning view but by the sound of Mexicans party party partying round the headland....

 I was totally baffled by this large random model of a guitar by the trail a little further on, but the more savvy among you (Well done Stu who got it in one!) should be able to get the connection if you know it was close to Folsom Prison which we happened to be riding past......

There is a clue at the bottom of the post.

Crossing the Folsom trestle bridge over the American River...

 We were now on the American River Trail, which follows the American River on either or both banks all the way to Sacramento.    But not for long in our case as we soon came across this sign...

..and it seemed from the barrier further along that after the recent rains the inevitable had happened - ROCKSLIDES!   Our route was cut off and we had to deviate along the top of the bluffs....

.before scrambling back down to the main trail.
We were riding down river alongside Lake Natoma, which is held back by the Nimbus Dam...

In the distance you can see the Nimbus Bridge which was our destination for the day, as Lucy had very kindly offered to pick us up in the trailer and take us to her home.

Monday 3rd April was another day of idyllic riding along the American River Trail

A rest break near the bicycle bridge in the William B Pond Recreation Area ...

...and if anyone finds a long piece of rope here, it is my tethering rope which I accidently left behind -  one of many scattered around the world I fear
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The sort of sign Lady and I like to see...

 

Wild turkey legging it across the trail...

Seventeen miles further down the trail, Lucy picked me up outside CalExpo - the California State Fairground just outside Sacramento.

CLUE:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMyzoHBtaME 

And the trail the guitar is on goes through the prison grounds and is named after this icon!.