pinhead
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Last week, my wife (Kyndall) and I headed over to Southern Utah for a little vacation. I'm not usually very good at taking a lot of pictures on my trips, much less posting them on the internet, but this was a special occasion since it was Kyndall’s first multi-day trip on her own bike. She’s only been riding for a year but she handled everything like a seasoned rider.
We left Gunnison early Sunday morning and couldn’t get out of Colorado fast enough. I know it's all relative and most of you will think it's absurd, but compared to Southern Utah, Colorado is crowded and over-developed. It always feels good to get past Blanding, UT and turn west on highway 95.
We camped the first night at Natural Bridges National Monument.
On day 2, we headed through Hite,
over the Colorado River,
to Hanksville, then over highway 24 and 12 to Boulder, UT
and the Burr Trail, where we were lucky enough to get our usual site at Deer Creek campground.
We camped at Deer Creek for 2 nights which allowed us to run over to Bryce Canyon for a day without all of our gear. The bikes are always so much more fun when they’re unloaded.
Breakfast at Kiva Koffee House overlooking the Escalante River Canyon:
The Hog Back on highway 12:
Near the entrance to Bryce:
Acting like tourists in the park:
Kyndall screwing around at Ruby’s Inn:
The next morning we packed up and left Deer Creek,
drove over Boulder Mountain again
and back to Torrey where we decided to stay in a hotel
and hang out in Capitol Reef for the afternoon.
The locals in the Fruita orchards (inside the park) can be quite pushy.
The next day we decided we would start making our way south and east via highway 261 and the Moki Dugway – 3 or 4 miles of gravel road and switchbacks with incredible views into the Valley of the Gods. We stopped on this switchback to take in the view and peruse this Native Woman’s beautiful jewelry – for sale, of course.
We stopped in Bluff for gas at this funky little place, but 96 degrees was just too much for these mountain people and we couldn’t linger long.
After staying the night in Cortez, we decided to spend part of the next day in Mesa Verde
and then head to the big city of Durango. In Durango, Kyndall and I got to have our first date in quite a while (we have an 18-month old daughter at home) so we enjoyed dinner and a movie together. On Saturday, we bee-lined it home over Wolf Creek Pass,
through Pagosa Springs,
through Creede and over Spring Creek Pass,
over Slumgullion Pass, through Lake City, and finally into Gunnison.
We left Gunnison early Sunday morning and couldn’t get out of Colorado fast enough. I know it's all relative and most of you will think it's absurd, but compared to Southern Utah, Colorado is crowded and over-developed. It always feels good to get past Blanding, UT and turn west on highway 95.
We camped the first night at Natural Bridges National Monument.
On day 2, we headed through Hite,
over the Colorado River,
to Hanksville, then over highway 24 and 12 to Boulder, UT
and the Burr Trail, where we were lucky enough to get our usual site at Deer Creek campground.
We camped at Deer Creek for 2 nights which allowed us to run over to Bryce Canyon for a day without all of our gear. The bikes are always so much more fun when they’re unloaded.
Breakfast at Kiva Koffee House overlooking the Escalante River Canyon:
The Hog Back on highway 12:
Near the entrance to Bryce:
Acting like tourists in the park:
Kyndall screwing around at Ruby’s Inn:
The next morning we packed up and left Deer Creek,
drove over Boulder Mountain again
and back to Torrey where we decided to stay in a hotel
and hang out in Capitol Reef for the afternoon.
The locals in the Fruita orchards (inside the park) can be quite pushy.
The next day we decided we would start making our way south and east via highway 261 and the Moki Dugway – 3 or 4 miles of gravel road and switchbacks with incredible views into the Valley of the Gods. We stopped on this switchback to take in the view and peruse this Native Woman’s beautiful jewelry – for sale, of course.
We stopped in Bluff for gas at this funky little place, but 96 degrees was just too much for these mountain people and we couldn’t linger long.
After staying the night in Cortez, we decided to spend part of the next day in Mesa Verde
and then head to the big city of Durango. In Durango, Kyndall and I got to have our first date in quite a while (we have an 18-month old daughter at home) so we enjoyed dinner and a movie together. On Saturday, we bee-lined it home over Wolf Creek Pass,
through Pagosa Springs,
through Creede and over Spring Creek Pass,
over Slumgullion Pass, through Lake City, and finally into Gunnison.
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