A couple of rides

On LDS General Conference weekend, I went down to Cedar City to listen to conference on the car radio and to go a on a bike ride.

I did Lichen it, Green Hollow, Highlands, and the Lava Flow trail. 

They are my favorite trails in the Cedar City area.

The downhills were a blast with all of the banked berms.

The climb up to Highlands was great and it was 1,200 feet of elevation gain to the C-Trail turn off.  Then  I turned around there and backtracked.  I didn't go down C-Trail.

The Lichen It climb was easier than Green Hollow climb then Highlands was a little easier again but not much.

The Lava Flow downhill flow trail was fast and flowy.

I listened to conference in the motel.  The motel was right next to the trailhead which was so nice.  My mom came along on this trip too and she had a nice time she said.

The next day, we continued to listen to conference at my brother's house when we got back from our trip.

I got off work one day to go to an audiologist appointment up north and I decided to take my bike with me to ride some trails on the south side of Corner Canyon near Lehi after my appointment.  Vertigo and Levitate trails with the Wood Hollow and South Maple Hollow uphill trails.

Vertigo.  Just some downhill flow trail that Gravity Logic built like last year.  Fun and flowy!  I rode up Wood Hollow to get to the top.

Then I rode up South Maple Hollow which had more trees.  From the top, I rode down Levitate.  Levitate had more table top jumps.  If I had a fun suspension bike, I would enjoy it more.

So I liked Vertigo better.  More easier and more flowy.  And better for my hardtail bike.

I grew a beard.  I might shave it off one day.  I don't know when.

One Saturday morning, I went fishing with Tom at Miller's Flat reservoir.

I caught one fish and Tom didn't catch any.

That night, I went to watch the Snow College game with my family.  The last time I went to a Snow football game was when I was 12 or 13 with the Olson boys.  I thought it was fun but they lost.

Month of September

I bought another bike.  A gravel grinder bike.  It's a road bike with bigger tires and has the road feel to it.  I can ride on combination of paved roads and dirt roads.

It has 42mm tires and I made them tubeless.  It's great and I can go at road bike speed on both pavement and dirt.  It gets a little sketchy on loose gravel and I'd rather have my mountain bike on those sections.  So there are still some pros and cons on this bike but I like it.  I did ride it a lot lately.  It's a Cannondale Slate.  I like the drivetrain though, 44 tooth in the front and 11-42 in the back.

I rode my mountain bike on the new Jimmy's Fork trail in Ephraim Canyon.  I like it and it's a fun trail.  There was no one else there and that's what is so good about it.  The only downside is that it's only 2 miles long.  So I did it 4 times on this ride.

Very pretty and lot's of trees.

The other end.

The Forest Service did some work on some parts to make the trail more rideable.  They did a good job.

It was a nice morning and I'll probably ride it more next year.  I don't know if I want to ride it this fall with all of the hunters up there but I will for sure next summer.

My dad next to the center of Utah plaque at a family outing.

My sister and her husband canoeing on a weekend at Cleveland Reservoir.  But this was in August.

Duke and I went on a hike up from Willow Creek up to South Fork Creek.

One weekend I went on a road bike ride up little bit of Nebo Loop Road and up to the Bear Canyon campground twice.  All because it rained a lot the day before, too muddy for mountain biking.

Stainy the cat

Then on another weekend, I went up to my sister's house and I did a bike ride on Antelope Island.  It was a crappy weekend weather wise but I managed to ride in between rainstorms and windstorms.  It was fun.  I rode on mountain bike trails I've never ridden before, because of exploring.

Bison or buffalo on Antelope Island

On the day after, I rode in the rain on the bike path near my sister's house after church.

I ran into this funny stare-a-cow during one of my evening gravel road rides.  I've been having a lot of good gravel road rides on the Slate lately.  There are so many gravel roads near Ephraim and that is why I got the bike.