After every 4th of July for the last fifteen years of putting my head under my pillow all day and watch fireworks at home, I decided that if we celebrate the 4th July, we all should have a day off and do whatever we want to do because it is the nation's holiday and it is all about freedom. So I decided to go to Park City and ride freedomly on my mountain bike. When my day started, mom told me to take a shower and I said, "Why would I take a shower right before I am going to get all sweaty and dirty on my bike ride?" Then she said, "Just get in the shower, you are all greasy and oily, I am not sitting in the car with you like that!" That is not a good start to start the day of freedom. But it was the only thing I had to do that day. I wanted to do a long ride so I did the Mid Mountain Trail that stays on 8,000 feet from Park City to The Canyons. The first 45 minutes of the ride up the Spiro Trail from the town to the Mid Mountain Trail climbs 1,500 vertical feet and it is the only part you got to suffer then all the rest of the ride was all level and that was the fun part. While riding on the Mid Mountain Trail, I had a blast! It was long, fun, and a total ass kicking ride! There were a lot of twisty turns, berms, rolling hills and I went 17 miles but you could do more if you wanted to because the trail goes who knows where. So I pedaled on the bike for 2 hours and sat and rested at a total one hour. So the total ride was a good three hours. A nice way to spend the fourth of July. I only saw 10 people on the trail but the city was crowded. Provo was horrible and makes you appreciate Christmas because everybody stays home on that day. But the trail was great and it was all shady because there was so many trees along the trail, Aspens and Douglas Firs. It was really cool. There was some rocky spots and I got a pinched flat from that, so I took out an extra tube and pumped that up and that had a hole in it too! Then I checked for patches, I had two patches but NO GLUE! So, five minutes later some guy passed by and I asked him if he had any glue and he gave me some glue and left. I am thankful for that guy because it would have been a 9 mile walk. Next time I ride, I will make sure I have a decent tube and a decent patch kit. So when I got to the Canyons, I rode down Holly's Trail to the base of The Canyons, then mom and Becky picked me up from there after their day of shopping in outlet stores. We ate at Subway in Heber City and went home. I had a fun 4th of July. What about yours? Leave a comment and tell me about your 4th of July.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
What I did on the 4th July....
After every 4th of July for the last fifteen years of putting my head under my pillow all day and watch fireworks at home, I decided that if we celebrate the 4th July, we all should have a day off and do whatever we want to do because it is the nation's holiday and it is all about freedom. So I decided to go to Park City and ride freedomly on my mountain bike. When my day started, mom told me to take a shower and I said, "Why would I take a shower right before I am going to get all sweaty and dirty on my bike ride?" Then she said, "Just get in the shower, you are all greasy and oily, I am not sitting in the car with you like that!" That is not a good start to start the day of freedom. But it was the only thing I had to do that day. I wanted to do a long ride so I did the Mid Mountain Trail that stays on 8,000 feet from Park City to The Canyons. The first 45 minutes of the ride up the Spiro Trail from the town to the Mid Mountain Trail climbs 1,500 vertical feet and it is the only part you got to suffer then all the rest of the ride was all level and that was the fun part. While riding on the Mid Mountain Trail, I had a blast! It was long, fun, and a total ass kicking ride! There were a lot of twisty turns, berms, rolling hills and I went 17 miles but you could do more if you wanted to because the trail goes who knows where. So I pedaled on the bike for 2 hours and sat and rested at a total one hour. So the total ride was a good three hours. A nice way to spend the fourth of July. I only saw 10 people on the trail but the city was crowded. Provo was horrible and makes you appreciate Christmas because everybody stays home on that day. But the trail was great and it was all shady because there was so many trees along the trail, Aspens and Douglas Firs. It was really cool. There was some rocky spots and I got a pinched flat from that, so I took out an extra tube and pumped that up and that had a hole in it too! Then I checked for patches, I had two patches but NO GLUE! So, five minutes later some guy passed by and I asked him if he had any glue and he gave me some glue and left. I am thankful for that guy because it would have been a 9 mile walk. Next time I ride, I will make sure I have a decent tube and a decent patch kit. So when I got to the Canyons, I rode down Holly's Trail to the base of The Canyons, then mom and Becky picked me up from there after their day of shopping in outlet stores. We ate at Subway in Heber City and went home. I had a fun 4th of July. What about yours? Leave a comment and tell me about your 4th of July.
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