Self-Directed and Backroads Supported Bicycle Adventures:
Arches NP, Petroglyphs, Snow Canyon St Pk, Cedar Breaks NM,
Brian Head Pass, Bryce Canyon NP (Sunrise Point - Rainbow Point),
Bryce Canyon Hike, Zion NP, Zion Valley Loop, Zion NP Ridge Hike,
Fruita, and Capitol Reef National Park;
Southwest and South-Central Utah;
June, 2019
-- Tour Highlights --
- The big goal was to drive our Tandem on our vehicle to St George, Utah,
to join Backroads [Bicycle & Multisport Adventure Tour Company].
- We entered Utah off I-70 and took the Old Cisco Hwy shortcut to the scenic Utah Hwy-128 south to Moab and the Hwy lived up to expectations!
- We loop cycled to Arches National Park from Moab and had a rest day.
- We drove to St George and connected with the Backroads Leaders and Riders; every person was interesting with a lot of cycling experience
and by some weird quirk, everyone had been on a previous Backroads Tour.
- We visited Snow Canyon State Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument,
Brian Head Pass, Bryce Canyon NP, and Zion National Park.
- Major HAIL STORM with no cover on our Day 5 with a Support Veh Rescue.
- We saw plenty of Deer, Antelope, Rabbits, Turkey Vultures, Crows,
and small critters.
- Teresa got in two good hikes, one at Bryce NP and the other at Zion NP.
- The tour was a complete happy adventure!
- On our return drive we visited Capitol Reef National Park and we loop
pedaled from Fruita, Utah, to the Turn-Around at Capitol Gorge Road.
- As we drove through Vail Pass (10,000'), Colorado, it was snowing.
Enroute - Day 1
A Lovely, very Scenic, Vehicle Drive from Colorado and Utah Border to Moab, Utah
Lunch in Western Colorado, Colorado River State Park
Above Left: Colorado River State Park.
Above Right: Our picnic area, the river was full (Big Snow Melt).
Above Left: Looking northeast view.
Above Right: Looking northwest view with a lucky train capture photo.
Utah!
Above Left: Welcome to Utah (sign with many stickers).
Above Right: The Colorado River, running full level.
Above: Classic Utah image.
Above: Utah Hwy-128.
Above Left: Probably a Desert Primrose variety; it was by far the most common desert floor bloom when we there, we saw it in white to pink variations.
Above Right: A butte.
Above Left: Perhaps a Hymenoxys variant, the tell is the natural pedal gaps; this guy is in full bloom; long stems are rarer. Notice the little cactus ball, down and left of the flower.
Above Right: Globemallow, I think; unfortunately the auto focus is on the ground and not the flower (normally I dispose of unfocused images.
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