Saint George Take 2

Last weekend, I went back to St. George and did some more riding.  This time, I did some trails that were low intensity friendly.  Because I have an injury on my foot, I wanted to take it easy.  Plantar fasciitis or called "policeman's heel", that's what I have and it sucks.  I never went to the doctor but I know that's what I have.

I did some of Hurricane Rim, Cryptobionic, Dead Ringer, More Cowbell, some of JEM, and Goosebumps.  I took it easy and it ended up taking 3 hours which is what I needed.  It was probably good for me.

JEM

Dead Ringer

Goosebumps(if you do the whole thing, not turn onto Crytobionic, the last part of Gooseberry is the funnest)

Then the next day, I tried out a new trail called Wire Mesa.  It was a long drive to get there and the road to it was not good either but doable though.

Wire Mesa was technical and fun but not as technical as Gooseberry Mesa.  That's good, because I think Gooseberry is very technical.

Because it's a new trail, it had more flowy singletrack than the old trails around.  That's the way the new trails are now days.  They just keep getting better every day.  And more fun.

 Fun!

And awesome views of Zion National Park to the north!

Since I am doing more low intensity rides, I have been giving my new road bike more attention.  This week I rode a total of 125 miles!  I have been trying to do more 2.5 to 3 hour rides to get some more endurance training in.

And here's proof from my Strava profile that I got 125.1 miles this week.  The most I ever got in a long time.

Now I get to wear this shirt, laugh out loud.  I wonder where I can buy it?  Thank goodness for Google!

More pictures of the animals in my life.  Lily Tiger.

And Lou chewing on a cow afterbirth part.  Probably an umbilical cord.  You see those laying around during calving season around the farm.

I had the chance to restore a 200 year old table for a friend.  It was a lot of fun and it looks pretty.

And what you can do with extra cabinet doors laying around the shop?  Build coat hanger racks!

St. George

On the last weekend of February, I celebrated the end of the winter by going down to St. George, UT.

I first rode on some trails by Quail Creek Reservoir.  I thought they were a blast....as long as I do the blue intermediate trails.  The advanced trails...really hard.  So I did the Lakeside trail.

The trail does a lot of weaving and meandering through technical stuff all around the reservoir.
But the trail builders are in the process building the trail around the reservoir.  They are not done yet.

I went on one side of the lake and then back and the other side of the lake and back.  It was a real blast because of so many turns.

Lot's of switchbacks and the turns are really flowy.  I loved it.

More trail.

When they are done with the trail, I will go back and ride it, and next time, all the way around the lake(hopefully).  Because it would be a super rad trail if it does go all the way around the reservoir.

I stayed overnight in Hurricane and then on Sunday, I rode on Dino Cliffs, Prospector, and Church Rocks.

This was the first time I did the Dino Cliffs trail and it was kind of hard though but fun.  I couldn't clean all of the trail.  Quite of few steep sections.

Then Prospector was so fun.  I did this trail before and I forgot how fun it was.  It was really flowy and fast.

I ended the ride by riding the Church Rocks loop and going down on Grapevine.  It was a fun Sunday to go to church at Church Rocks.

I came back home and hiked back in Ephraim in this cold and snowy town.  St. George was so nice and warm.

I sure am excited for spring!

End of Winter of 2017

About the end of January, I went on a little good old fat bike trip...to Park City.  I rode in the Round Valley area.  They have cross country ski trails they groom and let fat bikes on them.

There was a lot other fat bike riders and cross country skiers alike.  I've never been on a fat bike with so many other people.  In Ephraim, out in Black Hill, I am the only person out there.  Well, it was fun and I got some good riding in and quite of few miles and elevation.  It was cold too, in the single digits, so that made the snow good.  It was a fun course.  Too bad they didn't get the singletrack trails in the area groomed though, like they should of.  THAT would of been nice.

I'm still hiking everywhere with Duke in the outskirts of Ephraim.  I remember this day being cold also.

Then in February, it got warmer....too warm for fat bikes.  So I gave my new road bike some love and rode around town a lot in the month of February.  The bike rides really nice, it's because it's an endurance type of bike so it feels so much more comfortable.

I'm excited to use the golf course in my backyard because I got some disc golf discs from last Christmas.  When it dries up and me getting some people to play with, I'll be playing.  I've never played before and I am willing to learn.

This is how fast the snow melted in a matter of 3 days.  Above is before picture and the below picture is after 3 days.  It got warm pretty fast that week.  I took Duke and Jeri walking up Mill Road while dogsitting Jeri.

Here's a Sunday ride I did after I got off from church one Sunday, I went up along the canyon road to the rope's course.  I remember being really hot going up and being really cold going down.  It was a crazy ride.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Some more pictures from some more of the road riding around town and down west of Ephraim.

We are already getting some water from the thaw.  We have lot's of snow in the mountains this year.

I finally worked on my mom's window shutters.  I got some composite fencing material from Home Depot.  I was planning to paint them white but after building them, I thought these look really good with the wood texture and color.

I think these look better than white.  They match the roof.  I looked at other houses around town, most of their window shutters matches the roofs.  So I am ok there.  My mom really likes them.

Finally done.  I was supposed to work on them last summer.  I was just to busy with work and biking on the weekends.  I got them all built and hung in 3 hours.

On President's Day, I asked for a day off.  So I went down by Sevier, UT (by Richfield), and rode on the Big Rock Candy Mountain paved bike trail.  There was no snow and the path was all clear from rock and debris.  It was very windy going uphill(southward), so that made it challenging.  I went up the path twice, I got a lot of miles in.  It was fun....and pretty.

Here's some more pictures of the animals at the cabinet shop.  Bella sits in that spot a lot of mornings when I drive in.  I don't know if she is excited to see me or just wants a dog treat.

Lou Lee is getting bigger and becoming a real life dog.

Well, after about a year, Buck came back to visit.  I gave him a treat or two.  His owner came to pick him up later.

Cat is still around but is becoming a pain.  He won't let me work and tries to get me to pet him.  He loves jumping on my shoulder and I feel like a pirate from the Pirates movie.  Sometimes I just try to get him off so I can go to work.