signs and fun things from a road trip to the Little Red Riding Hood Ride in Utah

[thekarens]

I'm enjoying your trip report Marni!


Some parts aren't even very pretty.
I expected not to like living in Utah, and I planned to leave for about the first 10 years I was here, after 23 years, I guess I'll stay for a while.

I've been to Utah a lot since I used to live in Idaho and my sister lives in Colorado. We'd drive over regularly. It's true there are ugly spots like all states, but the pretty spots are drop dead gorgeous!

Marni, can't wait to hear the rest of your report. I bet y'all have a fantastic time.

[marni]

crankin- thank you for the link to the WASP museum. I will try and stop by on the way back to houston.

Today we went to two bike stores one for a sale at which sister kris managed to find a black skirt and biking shorts combo and I found a pair socks with I (heart) my bike. For some reason the bike shops in Houston seem to have recently gone over to a shorter style of sock that barely covers the ankle bone. These are high enough to actually provide the protection they are supposed to.

Then we went to the brand spanking new TREK superstore. Gorgeous with a full line of trek bikes and a whole lot of very nice canondales as well. Lots of bike "bling" like coclor coordinated bar tape and cable covers and bottle racks which I checked out for the new bike which I will be ordering in celebration of the big 65, after I get home for this adventue. Lots of happy fondling and considering. The store is so new that not many people know about it yet. The sales persons were so bored that they were rding demo bikes in cirles around the displays practicing rear wheel lifts, wheelies and track stands which was both inpiring and amusing.

[Skippyak]

Utah is a great spot for sure. LRRH is a lovely ride, I won't do it again I suspect because it is such a pain to get into nowadays, but I have enjoyed the 3 I have participated in. Plus, I think it is too far to drive from my part of the SLC outer burbs LOL.

[marni]

In Salt Lake City with sisters after a long beautiful and dramatic day of driving from Albuquerque via the Navajo Reservation on former route 666 now route 491 past Shiprock then west past Canyonlands, Arches, Goblin Gardens, Bryece, Zion, and Capital Reef Nation Parks, gorgous land forms and colors, each more striking than the last, Lots of climbing up through mountain passes and dramatic swooping dropsinto the canyons. Saw about a dozen bike riders on various bikes with or with self supported camping gear. Moab is definitley a place to go back to to visit and ride, it looks like the area has every sort of outdoor and biking on and off road adventure that any one could want. About 150 miles further on at Fort Cove we turned north into rain dropping veils of most over the mountains and canyons, into heavy rain with the sun sending slashes of golden sunset light through mists and veils of dark heavy rain to the west of us and black clouds with lightning to the north and right of us. By the time we drove into Salt Lake it was black as night and pouring down and loooking and feeling distinctly like tornado weather. The weather is looky wet and cool for the ride today and through the week and the ride. Fingers crossed that it improves. Great to be together having sister time.

[molliewog]

We've had a crazy weather week. Thank goodness it looks good for Saturday!

[marni]

molliewog- absolutely although I did bring both cold weather and rain gear with me. Right now I am just a Texas hot house flower in feeling chilly at mid 60's low 70's here in SLC.

[molliewog]

Oh my arm warmers and leg warmers are packed for LRRH! It will be a chilly start for the century. I'm really excited for the ride