WHAT A GORGEOUS DAY OF RIDING YESTERDAY. PROBABLY THE BEST OF THE TRIP SO FAR. LEFT BRYCE CANYON EARLY (0730 HRS). DID A RIDE THROUGH OF BRYCE AND THEN UP HWY 12.
I HAD READ BEFORE THIS TRIP THAT HWY 12 WAS ONE OF THOSE ROADS THAT EVERY MOTORCYCLIST SHOULD RIDE IN THE US BEFORE YOU DIE. ALL I CAN SAY IS THEY WERE “SPOT ON!” IT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF SPECTACULAR! NOTHING I CAN WRITE WILL DO IT JUSTICE. AS SOON AS I CAN GET SOMEWHERE THAT HAS FAST ENOUGH WIFI I WILL POST A VIDEO. YOU WENT FROM TIGHT CANYON WALLS TO BASICALLY TIGHT WIRING A MESA WITH DROP OFFS ON BOTH SIDES WITH NO GUARD RAILS. JUST AMAZING! I’M READY TO DO IT AGAIN!
FROM HWY 12 WE MADE IT TO HWY 24 IN UTAH. JUST ANOTHER FANTASTIC ROAD! CANYONS, RIVERS, AND BEAUTIFUL ROCK FORMATIONS. THERE WERE SOME MOUNTAINS TOWARDS THE END THAT REMINDED ME OF SOME OF THE SMALLER PYRAMIDS I HAD SEEN IN EGYPT. JUST SIMPLY AMAZING! I PROMISE TO GET VIDEO UP LATER TODAY!
NOW THAT MY BROTHER AND MIKE IS HERE, WE HAVE DECIDED TO CHANGE RIDE PLANS! (I KNOW, CALL 911….RICK GOFORTH THE RIDE NAZI IS CHANGING HIS RIDE SCHEDULE) SINCE THE TWO OF THEM KNOCKED OUT OVER 2,000 MILES IN TWO DAYS I’VE DECIDED TO DO SOME SHORTER RIDES HERE IN UT/CO BEFORE POINTING TOWARD TO SANTA FE. TODAY WILL BE OVER IN THE DIRECTION OF CARBONDALE, CO. TOMORROW I’M TAKING THEM TO THE TOP OF MT EVANS! ON TUESDAY WE WILL FINALLY MAKE IT TO SANTA FE.
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE STARTING WEEK THREE SO SOON! I JUST DON’T GET PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY GET BORED WITH RETIREMENT! I WILL NOT BE ONE OF THEM!
UNTIL LATER….
TRAVEL QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.”