Distance: 82 Miles Hite to Blanding, UT Ride Time: 7:10 Average Speed: 11.4 mph Altitude Gain: 6108 feet Average Temperature: 95 Today is a day I have been looking forward to. My Dad grew up in Blanding. I had grandparents, and cousins that lived there while I was growing up. I have grown up myselfContinue reading “Monday, June 22, 2020”
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Sunday, June 21, 2020
We enjoyed our day of rest in Hite. I am sure thankful for air conditioning. The camp host, Katie, came knocking on our trailer door and wanted to see if Kathie could come out and play. She wanted to show her around her own playground. They had a great time and will remain good friends.
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Distance: 98 miles Torrey to Hite, UT Ride Time: 7:38 Altitude Gain: 3165 feet Average Speed: 12.7 mph Average Temperature: 97 Kathie and I got up and ready to go early. We had to backtrack to Torrey for me to began my ride. We filled up with gas and propane. Kathie got to do aContinue reading “Saturday, June 20, 2020”
Friday, June 19, 2020
Distance: 87 miles From Escalante to Torrey, Utah Ride Time: 6:56 Average Speed: 12.5 Maximum Gain: 7709 feet Average Temperature: 87 Today was fun! At least that is what I call it when I can ride with friends. My son, Brandon, his family and Jeff Miller met us in Escalante Friday morning. It was funContinue reading “Friday, June 19, 2020”
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Distance: 68 Miles From Panguitch to Escalante, Utah Ride Time: 6:05 Altitude Gain: 3562 feet Average Speed: 11.2 Today seemed like a breeze compared to the stress of yesterday. I did enjoy a bike path leading up to the Bryce Canyon park turnoff. It felt good being out of the traffic. There was a lotContinue reading “Thursday, June 18, 2020”
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Distance 59.6 Miles Cedar City Canyon, over Cedar Breaks to Panguitch, UT Ride Time: 6:11 Altitude Gain: 5789 Feet Average Speed: 9.6 Maximum Speed: 35.7 Maximum Altitude: 10,409 Today I started up Cedar Canyon. I’m not sure of it’s real name. It is a good steady climb. The sign said no heavy trucks on thisContinue reading “Wednesday, June 17, 2020”
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Milford, UT to Cedar City, UT Distance: 54 miles Ride Time: 7:00 Average Speed: 7.6 mph Altitude Gain: 2536 feet Average Temperature: 84 degrees Today I rode across the valley to Minersville. The climb out of Minersville seemed plenty hard. I did have some fun smashing those Mormon crickets again. For some reason, the climbContinue reading “Tuesday, June 16, 2020”
Monday, June 15, 2020
Baker, NV to Milford, UT Distance: 83 miles Riding Time: 7:08 Average Speed: 11.7 Altitude Gain: 3882 The lack of towns and lack of traffic made this a real lonely road. This morning we got off to a slow start. As I crossed over the border into Utah, it was accomplishing just to know IContinue reading “Monday, June 15, 2020”
Sunday, June 14, 2020
We spent our day of rest at Border Inn on the Utah/Nevada border. The Wi-Fi was terrible. I found that the closer I could get my computer to the accounting office, the better it would work. The signal was weak enough it kept logging me off. It was a restful/stressful day.
Saturday, June 13, 2020
Ely, NV to Baker, NV Distance: 78 miles Ride Time: 5:25 Average Speed: 14.3 mph Altitude Gain: 3438 feet Average Temperature: 84 After yesterday, today seemed to start out great, even though the wind had not gone away. We started going south and maybe that helped some. The area south of Ely contained some remainsContinue reading “Saturday, June 13, 2020”
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