Strawberry Narrows

I wanted to try out the Strawberry Narrows bike trail for a long time.  I finally went and it was better than I expected.  The trail is right by Strawberry Reservoir which is close to Heber City.  My dad and I took off and we took the short cut from Spanish Fork Canyon instead of driving through Provo and Heber City.  Way faster.  We stayed the night at the Lodge at Strawberry Bay and it wasn't so bad and they even had a restaurant there.  I did some fishing also that night and had some great luck.

The next morning, I took off at the other side of the lake and started riding my bike from the eastern side of the lake by Aspen Grove campground.  I started there and rode about 11 miles through the twisting trails, through the woods and by the lake.
 

I was in for a real treat, the trail was really smooth, flowy, and awesome.  It was a little chilly though but I guess a light jacket and arm warmers made the morning bearable. 

I was kind of struggling during the first half of the ride, I was bonking and such so I decided to not do the longer ride.  I decided to turn around at the 5 mile mark which was at Broad Hollow.  Broad Hollow is a little past at the View Point which is halfway of the trail.  I wanted to do the whole thing until Poison Ridge or close to that but I was bonking and didn't want my dad to wait that long for me either.

Fishermen.  I was one of them the day before, except on shore.

Before I turning around on my ride, I sucked up a lot of energy gel and after that on the way back, I wasn't bonking anymore and had a lot more energy.  I felt pretty good and I felt bad that I turned around soon enough.  It was getting warmer too.  I could have gone maybe another couple miles or maybe all the way to Poison Ridge.  Plus my dad said to me when I got back that he wouldn't mind that I would take all day.  Oh well, maybe next time I will go on a longer ride.  But it was great while it lasted.

I caught this 20 inch cutthroat trout the night before my ride.  And another big fish but it was smaller than this one but still big.

This is in Indian Creek on during the drive home.  It was a very good gravel road from Strawberry Reservoir to Rays Valley Road.  It was a very good drive.

I would go there again another time and do the whole trail next time.  I loved it, it was scenic, electrifying, and awesome!  And the fishing was fabulous. 

Little Wild Horse slot canyon and caught in a flashflood

My brother invited my parents and I to check out this slot canyon in the San Rafael Swell area called Little Wild Horse during Labor Day Weekend.  We were amazed and it was beautiful.

The hike wasn't that bad and pretty easy and my niece and nephews did it just fine and we even had a dog.
I think it was 3 miles out and back so the total was 6 miles or so.  Even my 69 year old mother could hike it.  My dad waited for us at the beginning of the hike so he didn't really see any of this stuff.

I thought the canyons were cool and I enjoyed it.

 This was the end of all the slot parts and it started rain just a little bit. 

And this is what a little bit of rain can do.  My brother, his two boys, and I were at the top part of the trail while the girls and the dog already turned around before we did.  We started walking in a foot deep of water and the water was rushing from everywhere.  Lot's of waterfalls and such.  It was scary.  People die from these things.  After the first couple of slots, we found the girls with some other groups of people sitting at high ground in a more open area.  We waited a couple hours for the water to settle down but we all still walked through 2 feet deep of water back out of all the slots.  We all got soaking wet and good thing the water was very warm.  What an experience!

Here is a video my brother recorded of myself and my nephews having a joy of experience through the slots in a flash flood.  Enjoy!