It was much quieter in Moab over the Labor Day long weekend than we anticipated, not just on the trails but also in town - whether from COVID-19 or construction on I-70 that may have been dissuading the Coloradan hordes - but we appreciated it. The temperatures were pretty nice too, only reaching up into the low 90s (such a treat after the scorcher of a summer we've had) and cooling off at night too. We even got out of the California/Oregon wildfire smoke for a while: it was a little hazy on Friday and Sunday but Saturday's skies were a clear blue. We appreciated that too.
On Friday, we drove up to Dead Horse Point State Park for a 16.93 mile MTB ride on the Intrepid trails. Temperatures were quite pleasant and there were only three vehicles in the lot when we showed up. It had rained heavily on Wednesday and there were still some mud puddles to navigate. The lingering damp also made the sandy stretches easier to ride. Neither of us was riding super well but neither of us crashed either, so call it a win.
Sunday we went to the Moab Brand Trails. The parking lot was busy, but there weren't many tours this time and we scarcely saw anyone on the trails, until H's last bit of Lazy-EZ. We went out through the cow pasture to Rusty Spur, then connected to Bar M, turned off onto Circle O (it's been a while since I rode that one and it showed) and back to Bar M, over the top on the parking lot cut-off and out on Lazy-EZ. Midway around, H detoured for another Rusty Spur loop (for a total of 14.27 miles) but I kept going, finishing the climb up and the flow down by myself. I must have been pretty poky, however, because I was barely waiting a minute - hadn't taken my helmet off yet! - back at the truck when H rolled in.
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