Where to begin with our recent desert sojourn? How about right at the beginning? We loaded up the truck and scooted down early on Friday, getting in ahead of the late day traffic back-ups. It looks as though the road widening project should be finished by June - twolanes continuing all the way into town instead of narrowing to one lane at the river - so that will be fantastic. We caught up with our neighbor Amelia and her Underdog puppy Moscow, and then strolled over to Woody's for a beer to usher in our days off.
Saturday was partly cloudy, with the day's high of 91F, and a 0% chance of rain. To avoid the heat, we were out the door at 8 a.m. (Milton left behind to guard the house) and on our way with the MTBs to MOAB Brand Trails. Although H has been MTBing all winter, this was my first time back on a bike since November.
I didn't entirely forget what to do, however, as we did parking lot cut-off to south on Copper Ridge Road, to Rusty Spur, to Lazy E-Z, to the Bar M loop. We saw just a few people out on the trails - surprisingly fewer than there had been during Jeep Safari - and no tour groups.
Ride stats: 13.98 miles; 1:27 ride time; 9.6 average speed; 22.6 H's top speed
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