On the morning of January 28th, it was a brittle cold of 9 degrees here in Ephraim. I wasn't worried about it because I was heading down south to ride bikes! My mom and I headed down to St. George on my Subaru with our heated seats and listened to book on tape all the way down. After 3 hours or so, we were down there and it was nice of 54 degrees, I couldn't wait to do some riding and I started on the Santa Clara trailhead and rode a good 3 hours.
First, I did the Connector trail that climbed up the Barrel Roll trailhead because the road is not a very fun road to ride on for a car. After 1.5 miles, I was ready to roll! I did Sidewinder, Barrel Roll, then all the Rim trails. Rim Reaper, Rim Rambler, Rim Rock, and Rim Runner.
....Top of Sidewinder(my favorite climb!)
....technical section of Barrel Roll
Rim Rock....
The Connector, Sidewinder, and Barrel Roll took me an hour and a half and all the Rim trails took me another hour. So total miles: 19.30 miles and total time: 2.5 hours
I had a real blast and so far this was my favorite ride in St. George! My mom stole my car while I was on my ride and took a walk in the nice weather, and also read a book. We ate at Applebees in Cedar City on the way home and continued to listen the book on tape. She said she enjoys the drive down and to be in the warm weather. I enjoyed riding by bike around and we were all happy. What a great day trip!
