Monday, May 31, 2010
Ashland to Hood River
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Mount Shasta and Ashland
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Yosemite to Mount Shasta
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Moab to Yosemite
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Fruita to Moab
Ok so now this post comes to you from another car drive, but this time on the way to Mt. Zion National Forest in southern Utah. We were thinking about riding a second day in Moab today but decided to give ourselves a break since we road 19.5 miles in 2 hours and 20 minutes yesterday. For a total of 45 miles in three days with some pretty good crashes.Driving into Moab
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
From Brevard to Fruita
Hey ya’ll
You are receiving this email because someone you love is on a trip across the country to see beautiful places and ride their bike! I was planning on keeping my family informed and the boys wanted me to pass the message along, so I will periodically be sending updates. YEEHAW!
As I am writing this email we are driving to Moab, Utah from Fruita, Colorado and it is Tuesday May 18th. So far we’ve already biked in three awesome places and have been having a blast. Here’s where we’ve been…
The drive took 27 hours but we were traveling for about 29 hours because of the breaks we took, including a stop to see the Royal Gorge in Colorado. The Gorge was created by the Arkansas River an
d has the world’s highest suspension bridge.
The suspension bridge above the Royal Gorge
After our drive we met up with Jacob, the final part of the group, in Gunnison. Even though we were exhausted (some of us only getting 3 hours of sleep the night before) Jacob and his endless energy convinced us to go for a ride. It ended up being a great decision, because even though we were all exhausted, maybe even delusional, it made us feel better, physically and mentally. The ride we went on was in an area called Hartman Rocks. It was the first ride of the trip…
Hartman Rocks, CO
Jacob on Tiger Wall
The next morning (Monday) we left for Grand Junction, Colorado. We road about 12 miles and it took about 2 hours. It was desert, hot and dusty, and pretty technical riding. We actually ran into some Brevard locals, small world huh? Some of the trails we were on were the Gunnison Loop and Holy Cross.
After riding in Grand Junction
That night we went to Fruita, CO to sent up camp. We had a delicious pasta dinner. We were able to ride out of camp in the morning. We road 13.5 miles in an hour and a half. The terrain was hard-packed dirt and pretty smooth. The wind was INTENSE, it caused the first crash of the trip (see video). We got to try out the new head cam for the first time, hopefully more videos to come…
Jon and Sarah cooking dinner and Irby jumpin around haha
Delicious breakfast burritos with chorizo and peppersssss
So now we are arriving in Moab, Utah for more adventures. Keep you posted…
Sarah