My friends Danny and Ryan (both of Big Wheel Racing) and I ground out yet another long gravel road ride on Saturday. It's nice to explore, but we're all chomping at the bit for the trails to dry out. Ryan and I will probably spend some time in Moab and Fruita this week, just to get in some trail time before our first race for 2011, the Sedona Big Friggin' Loop. We're planning on meeting Bandwagon member and good friend Jon Csakany in the desert and doing the White Rim in a day. Jon and I may also do an overnighter on the Kokopelli Trail while Ryan does some big-bike DH trails in Moab. Should be good to try out the new gear for this year, test the MTB skills, etc... in the meantime, here are some photos from today.
Out on CR 116, we stopped to check out this old Ford Fairlane.
It was keeping the McCormick hay baler (at least we think it was a hay baler) company out on the lonely Red Mesa.
At one point I suggested we take an alternate route on a non-maintained county road. Thanks to me, we ended up slogging and eventually hiking through sticky clay mud, as evidenced by Danny's Fargo.
Pretty sure this is cheap real estate.
I just want to give a huge thank you to Cliff, my girlfriend's father, for hooking us up with a sweet GPS unit that doubles as a camera. It's working awesome for navigation, which will come in handy at the Sedona race along with many others, and it takes decent point-and-shoot photos so that we can share our adventures with others! Thanks Cliff!
Get out and ride/hike/run/climb/ski/swim(?!)/whatever you do!
Joey
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