Day 4
Meet Backroads Leaders and Riders;
Perform a Test Ride for Riders and Equipment
through Snow Canyon State Park to the edge of St George, Utah

Highlight Images

Above: Terry and the Bee at the entrance of Snow Canyon State Park, Utah.

Above: Geological Strata of Orange and White Navajo Sandstone as viewed between Veyo and Snow Canyon State Park, Utah.

Above: Orange and White Navajo Sandstone, near Snow Canyon State Park, Utah.

Above: Petrified sand dunes geologically shuffled like a deck of cards.

Veyo, Utah
It starts: Safety Briefing, Route Briefing

Above Left: Bryce of Backroads, presenting the Safety Briefing, and currently discussing How to use Brakes on a Mountain Downhill.

Above Right: Julianna (Jules), presenting the Route Briefing.

Above Left: The gang - Every person was an experienced rider, every person had an interesting life to be discovered.

Above Right: The Bee was ready - Time to test ride and fine tune each person's ride.

The Bee had to be carried upside-down on the van's carrier and mounted on a slide plate, therefore after each carry the Bee had to have the Captain's saddle re-adjusted for height, the bell and side mirror re-positioned, and the Stoker's handlebar had to be re-positioned. All adjustments were performed without issue.

Above Left: On our test ride we discovered that we were on Utah's Veyo Loop trail.

Above Right: Just before departure, a touch-up on our route briefing.

On the Road Again
The Veyo Loop / UT Hwy-18

Above Left: We were riding straight ahead. We were to follow UT-18 for a few miles, it had broad shoulders and traffic was light. We were going to have more downhill than uphill on this welcome day.

Above Right: Heading southeast, looking southwest.

Above Left: First peek at what's coming.

Above Right: Forty-Three, well, that didn't take long.

Above: A live action photo of Terry and Dennis Struck riding the Bee on UT-18 (DaVinci Tandem; Photo by Julianna / Backroads Guide).

Snow Canyon State Park, Utah
(We entered the park somewhere between these adjacent images)

Above Left: So picturesque, it made our highlights photo at the top of this page!

Above Right: Snow Canyon ahead, notice the old black lava flow.

Above Left: Park's Entrance and Fee Kiosk, we are actually departing the Park. We will cut over to the left onto a suburban pedestrian/bike path.

Above Right: Township of Ivins' pedestrian/bike path; we were to generally headsouthwest for a few miles.

Above Left: A view of the last Snow Canyon geological feature.

Above Right: Terry and the Bee at the southern park entrance sign, we were exiting the park.

Entering the Township of Ivins
(Distant Suburb of St George, Utah)

Above: It had threatened to rain all day and we did have just a few sprinkles but it never did rain on us. We were still in the Township of Ivins but getting ready to shift to the Township of Santa Clara (a suburb of St George, Utah).

Entering the Township of Santa Clara
(Suburb of St George, Utah)

Above Left: The Mustangs by Ed Havka, separates Ivins from Santa Clara.

Above Right: Cycling through a bicycle pathway in Santa Clara.

Above Left: We arrived at our short riding day's destination, a city park beside the bike path (in Santa Clara). This is the welcome and congratulations fare, there was a fine assortment of healthy snack and classic snacks as well as healthy beverages, classic beverages, and some very good craft beer selections.

Here we would enjoy company with everyone, wait for everyone to arrive, perform ablutions, and pack our gear and ourselves for a ride to Cedar Breaks Lodge in the ski village of Brian Head in the Cedar Breaks National Monument.

Above Right: Flowering Mimosa.

Brian Head, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah
(Cedar Breaks Lodge is at about 9800'/3000m ASL)

Above Left: This Doe has taken residency at the Ski Reort.

Above Right: The Backroads Van is cooling down after a hard climb.

Above: We were having appetizers and a temporary quiet moment at the bar in the Cedar Breaks Lodge. We all joined for dinner and had a very pleasant evening. We thoroughly enjoyed everyone's company, we shared stories and travel experiences (there were no rookies and everyone here had been on at least one previous Backroads Adventure).