It wasn't all Mill Creek and town bikes over Labor Day weekend, however. On Saturday, H, Milton and I hiked the Jackson's Trail/Amasa Back loop that we like so well. Upon parking at the Amasa Back trailhead, we apparently just missed some BASE jumpers but at least were able to admire the new BASE jumping sign that has been erected there to explain to all the tourists why people keep flinging themselves off the cliffs above. On purpose, for fun and with parachutes, I should add.
There was some cloud cover and it was SO HUMID. So humid. Not that hot, temperature-wise, but so humid, for the desert. As we made our way up to the mesa, sweat was dripping off our chins, elbows and fingertips and pouring into our eyes despite the best efforts of our hats. It has to be in the running for the most sweaty I've been on a Utah hike.
The humidi didn't affect the views, however, which were of course phenomenal. We didn't see anybody on the way up, which isn't unusual, but only saw one trail runner along Cliffhanger, and then only five MTBers and two jeeps on the way down, which was. And when we got back to the parking lot, it was quiet there too - far less traffic and fewer people than we expected for the holiday weekend.
Hike stats: 6.23 miles; moving 2:15 hrs/2.8 m.p.h; overall 2:27/2.5; 940' elevation
On Sunday, we three got our exercise by a town walk, touring Main Street and several parks until we'd gotten our miles in. We also stopped in at Back of Beyond bookstore because it is also important to support local businesses that aren't bars.
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