Get Off My Trail
I’ve been recovering this last week which means sleeping and generally living in a foggy haze. Fresh air and a nice slow ride helped to clear my brain a bit. Still, only a bit since this virus leaves you feeling unable to push hard. For the next few days I imagine I’ll be lollygagging along the highways. The ride – Paradise The bike – Time
Coming into Paradise I stopped at the stop sign to wait for an oncoming car. I’m on a bike so I barely take up any space at all on the far right. Lucky for me I don’t unclip. Instead I hover and wait my turn. The white mini van turns my direction. When I say turns my direction they turn straight at me as in
Passing through Hyrum, Utah the air is frequently thick with unpleasant smells as it is the home of a large slaughter house. Proceed south from Hyrum to Paradise and the air changes to cut hay. Keep on going and make the climb up raspberry hill to where Weeks raises their crop of the luscious little berry and you can’t gulp in the air fast enough.
Time crunched again but not so much that I couldn’t pull off my favorite two Paradise climbs. The ride – Paradise The bike – Time VRS Fluidity
Road to the end of 6 roads this morning (or at least where the asphalt turned to gravel). It makes a cool pattern on Strava. I would like to have ridden to the of Blacksmith Fork but time always runs out. The ride – Porcupine Dam The bike – Time VRS Fluidity
A week at a conference has me getting up a bit earlier I used the time to climb a bit more. The ride – Paradise The bike – Time VRS Fluidity
Headed to InstructureCon today. With limited time I managed to get in a couple of climbs in Paradise. The ride – Paradise The bike – Time VRS Fluidity
It’s a Utah holiday – Pioneer Day – so everyone was on the road. I like seeing other bikes. It feels less lonely. The ride – Porcupine Dam The bike – Time VRS Fluidity
I couldn’t go fast so I tried to go a bit further. The ride – Porcupine Dam The bike – Time VRS Fluidity
Added back in a climb that I used to do all the time. Trying to make today someday. The ride – Paradise The bike – Time VRS Fluidity