January rides? Anyone?

[Pax]

Pax, that is great!

It was like being a little kid again and getting a new bike for Christmas!

[rebeccaC]

It was like being a little kid again and getting a new bike for Christmas!

Well I guess it’s too easy for me to change my mind. I’d been planning on doing an organized 200k this past weekend but when Sky King posted about her ride in that texas desert area I felt the need to ride in the Mojave desert again…..this is also a good time of the year to do it. So, we did our own 200k ride (+ a couple) leaving from and coming back to furnace creek in death valley national park on saturday. A long days ride, thankfully with little wind and traffic, but beautiful scenery in the quiet and peace of a desert, very good massages when we got back to the furnace creek inn and a sky with an incredible amount of bright stars in it that night. The next day we just rode up to dante’s view, with its up to 15% grade the last 3 miles, to watch the sunrise over the valley and on the way back to the furnace creek inn we rode artists drive and into the badwater basin with its salt flats. It was cloudy with an on/off very light rain on Sunday morning which didn’t bother me as the views were so incredible……and lots of rain on the drive home later Sunday. Temp’s in the high 40’s both mornings and high 50’s to low 60’s each afternoon. My first time in death valley and I’m definitely going back as there are so many great area’s in the national park that I want to come back to explore more.

[salsabike]

Fascinating and beautiful photos, rebecca!

[AppleTree]

Just breath-taking pictures, truly! We were in Death Valley a few years ago. It was late May...and already 110 degrees... at 7:00 pm. We did do a short ride just to say we did it, but it was not a good idea at all, ha ha. But I didn't expect to find it as beautiful as it was...not really a desert person, but it WAS tremendously beautiful. I would love to go back in more temperate weather to ride. How lucky you are rebecca! And not a car in sight!

[MarieV]

As always, beautiful photos, Rebecca! The red rock formations remind me of Bryce Canyon and Canyon de Chelly.

[Pax]

Holy cow, Rebecca, gorgeous pictures!!

[Helene2013]

Oh man I miss traveling West. Beautiful. So many good memories there. Every turn we'd take we'd be saying "wow" "OMG", etc... we sort of lost our vocabulary. haha

We have a month again this summer and wanted to travel (motorhome) since gas is so cheap (and should stay by summer). But our exchange rate is nearing 25%. So I may decide to travel in Canada instead but certainly will miss all of that. Not the same on Canadian side.

Was trying to find out cycling paths for Manitoba and nothing was looking good. Prove me wrong ladies!!! hihi

[Sky King]

Love the photos! We came back to a horrible January inversion and I haven't seen the sun for almost two weeks.
Traffic looks good When we were there in 2013 we realized the week between Christmas and New Years was not prime for biking
Nice to see you could ride to Artist Drive, etc. If I close my eyes I can "hear" the desert. Thanks for posting