Taun and Chad, and Faren had a dream....to go riding at Moab, Utah during spring break. They invited us to go, too. And before long, there was a whole group jumping on the band wagon. It seemed like the perfect cure for the spring fever we were all feeling. Taun had been emailing pictures of the area to us from her facebook friend who had been there a lot. And Faren got busy and booked us a cheap place to rent. The group consisted of Val and Meg, Roy and me, Lataun and Chad, Jan and Jerry, Ron and Connor, Faren, and Tagg. We were excited. We left on a Friday morning, picked up Ron and Connor in Malad and drove clear to Green River, UT to spend the night. Then on Saturday, we drove the hour to Moab to begin riding.
The first trail we did was called Gemini Bridges. This funky rock formation looked like Foghorn Leghorn to us. It was the first of many incredible formations we were to see in the next few days.
We then went on to the Metal Masher trail. It was a trail with a few difficult places and more importantly was the "widowmaker," an 8-foot drop off that Faren decided he could do. He made the landing just fine but hurt his ankle pretty bad. He thought he had ruined his whole trip by making that bad decision, but after icing it for a time and putting back on his riding boot, he was able to get going again. The rest of the group found an alternate route and we all headed back to the parking lot. We found our place to stay (cheap, but less than desirable), and after having a run-in with one of the locals (with a foul mouth and a foul attitude), we moved to another location that seemed a little safer. It was only a slight step up, however.
On Sunday, we visited Arches National Park. It's only a few miles outside of Moab, and full of incredible and huge rock formations.
You won't be seeing anything like this in SE Idaho.
Landscape Arch
Monday we did trails called "Fins & Things" and "Hell's Revenge." Not long into Hell's Revenge, I got off the 4-wheeler and walked back to the parking lot to wait for them there. It was just too much out of my comfort zone. I was glad to let Roy have a good ride without me this time. I got picked up by a tour guide in a Hummer, however, so it wasn't all bad.
Tuesday found us on the "Top of the World" trail. And that's exactly what you felt like when looking out over this beautiful view.
It was very scary, though, and disorienting. The trail up and back down had some difficult and amazing stretches. And we were glad we had our long johns and plenty of layers on....a very cold day.
For the last hurrah of the day, there was a perfect place for the guys to show off their jumping skills. Roy got on Faren's bike and proved to us that he still has a little bit of what he had as a younger rider. And Jerry did a jump on his new 4-wheeler going a little too fast, and got thrown over the top of his machine. No picture of that one, but so glad he wasn't hurt...too bad.
We are so glad we have this fun thing to do together. What a ride!
2 comments:
That place looks amazing! So interesting and sounds a little scary too. You guys are always up for an adventure!
Great post ma. Let's get next years' plans lined out soon. The lazy lizard is filling right up.
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