The last few days have been great. We've traveled from Las Vegas through southern Nevada, and are now half way through Utah. Nevada was so-so scenery wise, nothing really to write home about. we had some great days of riding though, with favorable winds and some challenging climbs. The whole team really enjoyed those days. We didn't hit any bad headwinds until 10 miles outside of Cedar City, Utah. That was a little rough, but we pressed on and earned a rest day in Cedar City. The ride out of the city was one of my favorites last year, and it proved to be a great one again this year. it starts with a 17 mile climb to 10,000 feet, followed by a rolling section through a pine forest with sparse snow cover. The second half of the ride took us through Red Canyon and finally a killer descent next to Bryce Canyon. We even took a 8 mile detour to get a brief tour of fairyland canyon inside of Bryce. It's absolutely gorgeous in there, unlike anything i've ever seen (yeah, even cooler than the grand canyon. ) Today's ride was from Tropic, Ut to Boulder and it might be my new favorite road to ride (ever) stunning scenery, killer climbing, and fast twisty descents. just totally awesome. Tonight Seth and I are staying with Lauren and Tom, two semi-retired physical therapists now living in boulder. The hospitality has been great and the pasta alfredo with shrimp and artichokes was the best meal i've had in a while!
here are ashley, steph, and jen at the hot springs in Alamo, NV
Mike's Tavern Cedar City, home of sweet 3% beers...
Full moon at Bryce Canyon
Tomorrow we head into Hankesville Utah, definitely not much there and we'll be camping for the next two days....and my air mattress just popped....sweet....
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