Mountain Biking in Moab with Mary

Our ultimate destination was Moab, UT where we met up with Kim and Dana for some... bounce bounce -- break break -- ouch ouch... mountain biking fun. During this adventure, we experienced some scrapes and bruises, a broken deraillur, 70-mph sand storm (in our tents!), and a rollicking good time sampling beer from the local brewery (Dana and Kim kept us well supplied). Moab is a mountain bike mecca providing dozens of trails and gorgeous canyon scenery with vistas of the Colorado River and LaSal Mountains. The mountain biking was spectacular. The Slickrock trail was a must and we happen to pick a beautiful, sunny day. The trail is marked with a white dotted line painted on smooth sandstone rolling over precarious drops and steep climbs, but you could literally ride wherever you wanted... which is exactly what Scott did while waiting for the crew to catch up. One false move and over the cliff ya go. Although windy as heck, another fun day was spent biking the 14-mile Porcupine Rim Trail. This ride was incredibly rocky and technical, leaving us with vibrating arms for several days. The last 2 miles were completely ridiculous (I don't think even terb could conquer some of these obstacles) which means we also got a hike in that day :) After such a long, grueling effort, we splurged at Zax's wood fired pizza in town. A biker's dream at $10.99 for all the salad and pizza you can eat. And, Scott took that literally! We had to stick a fork in him and roll him home.

Slickrock Trail














Porcupine Rim Trail














After several days of basking in Moab's mountain biking glory and hiking in Arches National Park, we headed to Canyonlands NP for a 3-day biking/camping adventure along the White Rim Trail. To descend into the canyon, Mary, Dana, Kim, and Rachel biked 7 miles down a 2,000 ft drop to our campsite while Scott drove the sag wagon. Although the scenery was gorgeous, we had to really focus on the buummpppyyy 4-wheel drive road to keep from plunging into the depths of the canyon.










Biking down the canyon at Canyonlands NP