Vacation! 2 weeks on the road. First stop - Moab.

So my work has a mandatory Christmas holiday week so we decided to tack an extra week on and hit the road for a 2 week road trip to warmer areas. Denver has had some absolutely brutal winter conditions leading into the new year so both Amber and I were antsy to get some decent time on our bikes again.

We decided to sign up for a camp with Gene Hamilton (www.betterride.net) in Bootleg Canyon, Nevada on the weekend of New Year so we planned on heading to Moab and riding there for as long as possible before drving to Nevada.

First day in Moab was amazing. The sun was out and temperatures got as high as 45 degrees. We decided to do an old favorite - Gold Bar.


Bishop has become quite the bike dog. She is still learning how to behave on trails but is getting there. At the moment her biggest issue is when bikes come from the other direction and I still need to train her properly in those situations.

Moab has a decent covering of snow on most of the area but Gold Bar is largely wide expanses of Slick Rock and is southerly facing so the trail itself was perfect to ride on.


Amber avoiding snow.


Fresh tracks!


Scenic background and one happy dog.


Amber in the middle of a great little section of the trail. I love this section in both directions as you have to keep momentum and flow to clean it on the climb and the more smooth you ride it on the decent the bigger your smile.


About to exit the section.


Things started to cool down later in the day, but the riding was still good times.


Playing around on a little thing in the sun.


Amber on the same.



Weather came in that night and we awoke to a world of white so we opted to pack up and head south. Weather and condition reports said that St George was just as bad so we decided to head to Arizona as reports were that Sedona and Phoenix were perfect for riding.