One more self-propelled climb up FS10 but, for the first time...we had help! We've been pedaling up this lane for over four decades and today it felt very different. We were mounted on our Verve+ ebikes that we rewarded ourselves with upon retirement in 2025. Yes, it was easier but we still worked up a sweat. So quiet! Eighty minutes of pedaling up and down a perfectly smooth road and we saw only two motorists, we had pleasant conversations with each of them...this is life in Plumas. What was different? My heart wasn't beating loudly in my chest, my breathing wasn't louder than the steady winds blowing downhill out of the Caribou Wilderness. I could hear critters scurrying in the underbrush down toward Bailey Creek. No doubt about it...ebikes have earned a place in our exercise agenda. I always said I wouldn't pedal ebikes until I was eighty years old however, I started at Seventy-five and I am glad to get ahead of myself here and my silly proclamations.