riding the intrepid trails

With Milton giving us a reproachful look, we headed off to Dead Horse Point State Park for a Monday morning MTB ride.  Again, when we arrived, there were only one or two other cars in the main lot; and although the place was noticeably busier by the time we finished up, we had only seen four other riders out on the trails - can't complain about that!

The sky! The view!

We did our usual route: starting on the east side trails and doing the big loop, then taking Crossroads across to the newer trails on the west side and doing the Whiptail/Twisted Tree lollipop.  H felt good and rode Twisted Tree better than he ever has, while I, in a moment of not paying attention to what I was doing, fell over while getting onto my MTB.  I landed square on my right buttcheek and the bigger bruise was to my ego.

Not currently tipping over

After riding, we (as usual) spent some time in the parking lot with our sandwiches and beers.  We talked for quite a while with photographer Howie Garber, after we gave him some ice to supplement his cooler.  We were back into chill mode for the afternoon: getting on a video call with H's family for his mom's 80th birthday; and then strolling into town for a quick beer at Woody's.  The town may be opening up but early on a Monday, there were still just a handful of people there.

Ride stats: 16.48 miles; 1:49; 9.0 m.p.h. avg. speed / 18.4 H's max speed