Cedar City, UT > Bryce, UT
Miles Ridden – 80.0
Mileage to date – 870.0
John and the crew were back at it today with a monster day of riding while Cindy and I took in the beautiful sights of Bryce Canyon and surrounding area. John started the day with an 18 mile ride uphill! He reached 10,500 feet elevation after starting at 5,800. All told he climbed 6,500 feet today.
The temperatures were mild this morning which made for comfortable riding. The initial climb was up a canyon road (RT 14) which was narrow and busy with traffic. John, Jaime, and Heather were all terrorized by one trucker with a loud horn!
Cindy and I had a pretty leisurely morning and headed up towards Bryce and passed John, Jaime, and Heather on the Canyon road. I have to say I think I had an easier time of the climb in my new ride –
Although they looked very good at about 15 miles in to the climb when we saw them –
Cindy and I headed up to Cedar Breaks National Monument to check out the views and do a quick 2 mile hike-
Yikes!
Some sheep on the way there-
A Bristlecone Pine tree that might be 2000 years old-
Next we stopped at Red Canyon which was beautiful-
Finally, we made it into Bryce where we did about 4 miles of hiking. Tremendously beautiful-
As Cindy and I were driving out of Bryce Canyon John called and said he was at the Subway restaurant at the end of the road into the park. We stopped by and got a group photo –
John is staying in Panguitch near us (long story) so we threw his bike in the back and drove him to the hotel. Tomorrow we will bring him back to where he stopped. We did get a chance to take him back into Bryce so he could see some of sights as well.
Quite a long day, but really fun.
Tomorrow is planning to ride to Boulder, UT. Cindy and I will go back to Bryce and then leave for Capital Reef NP.