Tour-de-Utah

The desert gives way to the forest. Glad I have my warm coat today!

Took a tour of the Book Cliffs in Utah today. Looped out at about 105 miles of BLM gas-field roads. Saw a couple herds of Elk too. It’s still early spring/ late winter up there

A little fixer-up in the Book Cliffs

Found a cute little valley which will be a delightful camp spot in about a month

Handle-bar deep snow. I may be a little early for the road to McCook Ridge

The main gas-field roads were plowed and snow-free (dry too). The side trails are going to be awhile

Weird is the new Normal

Devil’s Canyon Area near Fruita

Went for a little hike near Devil’s Canyon the other day. Me and about everyone else in Fruita. The parking lot was full on a Wednesday. I’m glad to see everyone who lives in the valley getting out. Less glad to see people coming from Covid-19 hot spots to vacation here. I just hope they buy LOTS of take-out to keep our restaurants open!

Next time I’m going to put some distance between me and the peeps

Here I’m practicing physical distancing. I’m about 50 miles from the nearest person

Took the Huskie Adventure-450 out for a spin. Traced down some old RR tracks from a mine north of Baxter Pass. The RR bed is rideable in a few places. In many others it’s missing or on private land so I got thwarted in my quest to ride it from 4-road all the way to Cisco, UT. Didn’t see another human for over 100 miles. Cows though, lots of cows

Flowers on the trail

Some of the early desert plants are up and smiling!

Putting some distance between me and the next person. About ten miles to them at this point

Took a trip out in the west desert with the mountain bike. Got lost. Front brake failed. Had a great time! The desert is perfect for human happiness this week

Sweet spring grass growing in a cow’s foot-print
This is what I get for bringing a pedal bike on a motorcycle trail. Switch-backs are for the weak-legged!

I followed some Motor-bike trails into the piƱons near the Utah border for fun one day. Moto don’t need no switch-backs! I did a fair amount of hike-a-bike and it was glorious! I also go a little lost

I was pretty lost at this point in the ride. Glad to know I’m near Clarke USA 21-14. Helps a lot …