Simply Amazing

This past week I got off of work at 3:30am and was in the car with these girls by 5:00am headed to southern Utah for a girls mountain biking adventure. We drove straight through and had camp set up and in bed by 8pm that night and then woke up each morning at 6 to go out and ride some amazing trails. The weather was incredible 70's to 80's with blue skies and sunshine. We came home with sore tummy muscles from laughing, sore butts from riding, bruises, scrapes and cacti embedded in us and memories that will last forever. What an awesome trip.
Love these girls!

WARNING: Lots of Pictures below......

The crew......(Me, Korrie, Maryellen, Sandy, and Erin)

Our first day we rode the sovereign trail system and put in about 5 hours and 22 or 23 miles of riding with lots of hills and then day 2 came and I hurt. This photo is after a technical 2 mile climb up Porcupine Rim (amazing views everywhere) and I was ready for the next 19 miles of downhill with fun scary drop offs. I had only rode my bike once with Sandy and twice with my kids since last fall due to trips and weather so it was a bit of a struggle to keep up with this bunch at times but it all turned out ok and making me crave more!

The third day my body was screaming no don't go so I went solo that day, exploring the canyons and riding around 18 miles on the road trying to find petroglyphs, dinosaur tracks and hiking the portal trail above the Colorado. The views were amazing and the legs recovered nicely (even after 4 hours of playing) for the next days adventure.

Here's a native of southern Utah. Some of his friends and I had a few encounters I could have lived without but for the most part we kept our distance.

Overlooking the Colorado river. Watched Jeeps climbing the rocks on the other side on the ledges which was pretty crazy.

Speaking of Crazy......This is jpennington62@hotmail.com. We were having lunch and encouraged him to take the crazy way off the rock. After about three chicken outs he did it. I captured a picture, sent it to his email and he's in seventh heaven, proud of his accomplishment in Moab. We met some pretty cool people along the way.

On the downhill portion of Porcupine Rim we were stopped fixing Erins flat as well as another random girls flat and I took this shot of Korrie up the trail. Last time she rode this section a couple years ago it didn't go well, so it was kind of a memorable spot for her. Something about handlebars not fitting through the rocks, crash, anyway something to that effect.

Amazing views all around us all the time.

Crazy scary rocky trails with BIG drop offs and loved "almost" every moment of it.

After one of our rides we drove out to Arches and hiked up to Delicate Arch in the late afternoon. Pretty amazing I must say.

Then the last day we got up before it was light out, got ready, and rode the infamous slick rock trail in 2 1/2 hours, packed up camp, and drove 12 hours to home.

The slick rock trail is pretty cool. Just rock with little white lines to show you the way. Big ups and downs. This loop was 9 or 13 miles?? of just rock (and a little sand).

Anyway, this trip was SUPER FUN and I am looking forward to more riding in the near future! Snow snow, rain rain, wind wind go away and don't come back until next year.
It's time to RiDe!