| We began our Bicycle Adventures tour in
St. George, but were vanned to Cedar Breaks (right) to begin the bicycle
portion of the trip. We were at 10,000' and it was cold!
Cristi and Linda admire the view and make plans to
add layers. We began the descent to Bryce from here. |
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| One (of many) highlights of the trip
was the six mile ride on the bike trail through the Red Canyon. (Above and
to the right) |
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Meet our fabulous guide, Dylan!
If all of the Bicycle Adventures guides are this
good, you can't lose! (Truly, he was an attentive, patient, knowledgeable
guide who fixed our flats, prepared great lunches, handled all our
arrangements and kept smiling.) |
| That's the moon during the sunrise we
watched from Bryce Point.
By lucky chance, we watched the moon rise (full
harvest moon) over the rim before dinner the evening before this sunrise.
Only one day into the trip and it can't get any better than this! |
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Sunrise is followed by breakfast at
Ruby's then a hike on the Queen's View trail. |
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Finally, we arrive at Zion National
Park on Day 3. The ride into the park from the east entrance is
awesome--and that is an appropriate use of that overused term!
Before we board the van for the trip through the tunnel
(no pedestrians or bicycles allowed) we take a short hike to a canyon
overlook for lunch. (lower left)
After the tunnel we 'disembark' and look back at our
lunch spot before the two mile descent to the canyon floor. |
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I'm probably the only one who missed
having a kickstand.
Seriously, the Zion Canyon Road was a kick. No
traffic except the shuttles.
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| The rock with a thousand faces--or
colors. |
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Just a short section of the two mile
trail to Scout's Outlook...the precursor to Angel's Landing. Only Cristi
and Dylan made the ascent to AL. |
| The rest of us continued along the West
Rim Trail for awhile, then returned to join them for lunch. Who had the
best time? Hard to say. But I was quite content with my choice. |
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The 24 mile ride down from the
reservoir on the Kolob Terrace road was beautiful. Photos just don't show
what it was really like. |
| Angel's Landing and the Kolob Terrace
ride weren't enough
--we had to hike the Narrows too!
At least we waited until the next day!
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Very cool! |
