Early Spring Moab Biking

 I wanted to go to Moab so badly in a long time, it was finally time.  After a harsh winter, I was definitely getting spring fever.  My parents butted along, I paid for the motel room and they paid for gas and food.  When we got there, it was windy and the temperature was ok.  Warm enough, but the wind was gusty.  I still went that night to do a short ride.  I went to the Klonzo Trail System and they were just newly built last fall. 

 These trails are mostly designated as intermediate trails but ya, they were intermediate.  They were also short but you can get a good workout if you fly by.  These trails were mostly dirt singletrack with a little dash of slickrock.  I still liked these trails because they were windy and twisty in most places.  You won't get a real hardcore technical Moab ride out of these trails, but hey, the Klonzo trails are way better than the trails at my home or even Park City I thought.  Because it was still all in Moab.  I think they made these trails not too technical on purpose because they needed some trails in the area for beginners and intermediates also.

 I still had a blast and the scenery was awesome for a Moab arrival late afternoon ride.

 The next day, on Saturday, Moab was cold and windy.  Mom and dad and I decided to go to the Island of the Sky in Canyonlands.  My parents never been there and I have once when I was a teenager when I was with my older brother and sister.  I remember very little of it.  Probably only Upheavel Dome, but not the lookouts.  Anyway, we went there that morning and after that, I decided to go on another bike ride while my parents went into town to eat lunch.  I rode on the Brand Trails, I've ridden there before and wanted to ride there again because they were so fun.  I rode on EZ Trail, Deadman's Ridge, Bar B, and Rockin' A.  These trails were very fun.  Deadman's Ridge was definitely my favorite, it was so technical and challenging and I cleaned most of the trail.  I haven't ridden that good in a long time.

 I'm definitely going back to Moab in a couple of weeks, and hopefully it won't be as cold or windy.

-fun part of Deadman's Ridge.