2016 Summer Happenings

Another typical summer just working and biking, etc.

On this ride, I went up to the Skyline, I started going up from the GBEEC and rode up to the top.  I remember it was really cool temperature wise and it felt really nice.

I went up again on another weekend.  This time it was hotter but I did ride up better than the other time.  I felt really good.

With me in it.  I also rode on Philadelphia Flat a little bit after I rode up to the top.

Then on the weekend after that one.  We met my sister and her fiance in Park City and I also did a ride there.

This time I rode on the new trail in Utah Winter Sports Park.  It was wild because of a lot of switchbacks.  I really liked it.  I wanted to ride a lot more but because of the worn down brake pads, I had to shorten my ride.  But I got new brake pads.  They were worn down all the way to the metal!

Then on a Tuesday night, I did an awesome road ride near Spring City while my mountain bike was in the shop getting new brake pads replaced.  I really like the Canal Road climb above Spring City.  I ran into an old friend I used to work with up there in Horseshoe Mtn Estates, so I stopped and talked to him.  It was a nice evening ride, but hard because I had the headwind on the climb.

On the following Thursday, Duke and I went on a hike on the old Race Loop I used to ride on during the 1990s.  It used to be a popular atv trail loop mountain bikers used to ride on all the time.  I loved that trail, I would love to get a time machine and ride on it again.  The landowner closed it down about 15 years ago and now it's just faded.  

The Race Loop is now a good hiking trail...if you know where you are going.  The landowners are ok with people hiking or pedal biking on their land but not with making new trails.  They are not ok with people driving atvs or trucks in the land though.

Duke loves to hike but he is getting more old and tired now days.

Another typical weeknight mountain bike ride and I happened to take a picture of a rainbow in the canyon.

Another weekend, I went camping and fishing with a friend up at Snow Lake.

It was beautiful up there.  It was on Pioneer Day weekend and there was a lot of people so we just dealt with it.

Tom

                                     

We started fishing at 8:00 in the morning but the fish didn't bite until 9:30 and that is when we caught about 11 fish.  I took 9 fish home to eat and it was delicious.

There's a lot of forest fires around and I took this picture when I was in Gunnison visiting family.

I took a walk on the Sanpitch Dragon trail in Gunnison with Jeri.

This weekend, I went on a hike in Maple Canyon.  It was a hot day but the trail was mostly in the shade which made it real nice.

Duke was tired but had fun.  I gave him water to drink a few times.  There's no streams anywhere.

We went up all the way to the top on Middle Fork Trail, then back down halfway and went up to the View Point Trail and then down Right Fork.

Viewpoint

Duke found a little bit of water in a dead stream down at the campground.  But like usual, a lot of rock climbers from all over the world come to camp and climb in Maple Canyon.  But if you just go hiking on the trails and hike out of there, you are the only one way out there.  It was fun, I like to do a big hike once in awhile.