Spring City Pioneer Day 50 Mile Bike Ride...

My counselor from Spring City invited me to come to ride in the Pioneer Day road ride today. So I thought it would be fun and worth it and it was. There were about 15 people that showed up and they could choose to do a 12 miler, 30 miler, or 50 miler. Six people including me decided to do the 50 mile ride. It was from Spring City towards Mt. Pleasant, up to the power plant park in Mt. Pleasant(which was a good climb), then on the backroads to Fairview, then to Milburn, and all the way back to Spring City. It was a good ride! I rode with a guy named Bill and he's from Fairview and he is an experienced road rider and I could barely keep up with him. We were the first two guys that got back. He was a good climber. He said he bought a mountain bike a few weeks ago and I told him about the trails in Ephraim Canyon and I will have to take him there. It was perfect weather when we started at 8:30 in the morning and it was nice until we finished at 11:30. It took us three hours to ride and I really enjoyed it. Next weekend will be mountain biking in Snowbasin Resort near Ogden and I can't wait!

Pioneer Trail...with endo!

This is the Pioneer Trail mountain bike trail I built a few years ago. I got most of it recorded. With an endo at the end!!!!! That should be fun to watch.

I have to admit it....

You know how Becky likes to do her laundry? Well, I have to admit it, I like to mow lawns. I mow three lawns(two neighbors and mom and dad's lawns) a week and I enjoy every minute of it. Even after a full day of work in the cabinet shop, every Monday, I mow all three lawns in two hours. I mow Neil's and mom's and dad's lawn with Neil's riding lawn mower and the Fore's lawn with our self propelled mower. I even enjoy the self propelled mowers. The riding lawn mower is handy and sure mows the lawn faster. When I get my own house I am going to make sure I have a huge yard, all long green grass, no gardens, no flower beds, because I hate working on flowers and gardens. I love lawns and I am going to make sure it has a sprinkler system(Michael you put it in) to make sure it is all green so I can watch my lawn grow so I can mow the lawn! You guys probably think I am weird but I have to admit it, I really like grass and mowing lawns. Dad is probably going to hate me for this, so is Tony. My boss has the biggest lawn I have ever seen and I was talking to him one day that I mow my neighbor's lawns every week and he told me he would give me a pizza each time I would mow his lawn. He has a John Deere riding mower and a big lawn so I am thinking about it. I would enjoy doing it but I will see if I have time for it. I just don't want to mow lawns instead of biking, that's all. I enjoy biking more than mowing lawns but mowing lawns relaxes me though.

Spin Cycle Mountain Bike Trail Blast!

Yes, we went to Deer Valley again. We went up there for Becky's birthday and it was on her birthday. I went mountain biking in Deer Valley/Deer Crest area while mom and Becky shopped. We all had fun but I think I had the funnest though. This time I went down the Spin Cycle Trail in the Deer Crest area of Deer Valley Resort and went up the Pipeline Trail back to the Snow Park Lodge area. I did two laps and it took me 1 hour and 45 minutes. It was a good pure fun ride. The bottom of the Spin Cycle Trail had some kind of ravine and the trail went up and down like a snowboarder on a halfpipe. I call the section "mountain biker's halfpipe". That was definitely my favorite part of the ride. The climb of the Pipeline Trail was a good climb and a great workout! I have a Spring City Road Ride next weekend with some other people to do a 50 miler, all I have to do is pay $5 for the t-shirt and go ride and have fun. BUT, I rather go mountain biking, I am going because my counselor asked me to come. I hope it will still be fun though. Then Aug. 2, I am planning to mountain bike some more in Snowbasin Resort near Ogden. Keep biking while summer lasts!
This damn huge 22 story hotel is in the way! UUUUUGGGG! You can see the trail right there and I wonder what's going to happen when the building is finished. All well, the Spin Cycle trail goes right through people's million dollar backyards and I am sure the motel people will let this trail ride by too. Park City is like the most bike friendly people I know but I still think they are ignorant. You know? Rich folk.

2008 Barlow Family Reunion: Skyline Drive

Skyline Family Reunion camping spot!

The camping spot is in those patch of trees up the road ahead.
I set up the tent just now so no one else will take it. I hope it will last until Thursday night!
We even got snow right by our spot!

The view looking east(towards Huntington).

Big Pioneer Trail Project....

This is my next project. There is a big swamp about halfway on the Pioneer Mountain Bike Trail in Ephraim Canyon and I have to do something about it. It is always wet and muddy about 50 feet along the swamp area you have to walk or ride through. I am planning to put a big o' bridge over it so you can just ride over it without a single spec of mud on your tires and not ruining the swamp. I am planning to chainsaw a lot of trees and logs to make the bridge frame(put big logs under the bridge frame so the water can flow right under), then put on 14.5 inch 2x4s for the platform(they are about 3 inches apart). I don't know when to work on it but sometime soon, I need some help though.


I bought a Nashbar Cargo trailer for $99 and the cargo net for $6.99 so I can carry the chainsaw and the 2x4s while I ride down the trail. I will ask Cory Gordon for scrap 2x4s they don't want from his construction company(I got a whole bunch last time when I built some other bridges). It should be nice when it is done. The trail is getting really packed down and people are talking about it all the time, even those living up at North. Last Sunday, I rode on the trail and there were forest service guys at the trailhead setting up gps signals for it which they do every year.