Out of the Maze ALIVE!

[yellow]

OK, I'll start...

Day 1: we drove from Green River, Utah, home of the fabulous Green River Coffee Company, to the trip starting point at Hans Flat. From here we followed the road for about 17 miles to our camping spot for the night, the Golden Stairs. Along the way we saw Bagpipe Butte:



And it was just purty (SadieKate & Bubba here):



We rode down the Flint Trail, described by Edward Abbey in his book Desert Solitaire. This is the road where he (Abbey) got out of the jeep and directed the driver down. It's been fixed up a bit since then, but it still got the best of some of us (DH did his first ENDO here; look for the snaking road):




After we got to the campsite and DH and Thom failed to get the little kite SadieKate brought into the air, DH and I hiked down the Golden Stairs a bit (not all the way to the bottom). Here are some more of those purty rocks we saw there:





(this second one is obviously a piece of a former ocean floor...the ripples were made by wave action on mud/sand and then they just stayed as the rock formed).



I'm trying to recall what we had for dinner, but can't. I do know that we kept the alcohol to a minimum this first night. It was a little windy and chilly, but the firepan from dinner kept us warm for a while.

Next Episode: Day 2-- we rode from the Golden Stairs to the Maze Overlook, where we camped, and also did a hike down into the very depths of the actual Maze.

[Veronica]

Salmon and steak for dinner, with baked potatoes.

V.

[maillotpois]

Salmon and steak for dinner, with baked potatoes.

V.

Oh MAN. Now I am hungry. That sounds fantastic!!

[SadieKate]

Both baked and sweet potatoes.

Loosing weight is not one of the options offered by the tour companies.

[maillotpois]

Both baked and sweet potatoes.

Loosing weight is not one of the options offered by the tour companies.

LOL!!

We did a Backroads epic tour in France - climbed Alpe d'Huez, Ventoux, Galibier, Izoard and came back even fatter than when we got there. You think you're being so active you can eat anything. D'oh!

[SadieKate]

About the elephants. Here is the view from the groover at the Maze Overlook. Those are the Chocolate Drops off in the distance.

[SadieKate]

The link to my photos including the two days of riding in Moab to shake out the drive kinks. After last night's adventure, washing 5 bikes, drying out 1 tent, dealing with taxes and doing 2 measly loads of laundry, the floor is still covered with stuff and I'm exhausted. Yellow and V will have to come up with more commentary for now.

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...e/Maze%202006/