Day 2 our of mini vacation took down to Hurricane where we rented a bike from Over the Edge and heading up to the mesa north of Gooseberry to ride the Guacamole trail. The rental was a nice Rocky Mountain with lots of cush. It was heavy as a tank but did not ride as heavy as it weighed...you can perhaps say it was big boned....
We headed up to the mesa and took turns riding/watching the dogs. We got up there and had the mesa to ourselves - by the time we got done riding, we had lots of company. The strangest might have been when I returned from my ride to find the missus hanging with the dogs and a mormon family in the same area cutting down firewood. It was strange because at the time there was no one else up at the mesa but they had to choose the same location to crank up two loud chainsaws. The weirdest thing of all though was what they said when they pulled up....the asked the missus if she minded if they stopped there for a picnic. Apparently 'picnic' is mormon code for busting out chainsaws and increasing the decibel levels for a while. When I got back from my ride and heard the chainsaw action, we quickly got in the car and re-located down the road where the chainsaws were at least muffled a little more. Ahhh, the sweet sounds of the outdoors. Mental note: must learn mormon code mo' betta'
The weather was still amazing (perhaps even perfect) and we were treated to some great riding and phenomenal views overlooking Zion. The riding on the Guacamole trail was not as technical as Gooseberry or Gander but was certainly still enough to keep you thoroughly engaged and on your tek game - any lapse in focus or judgement could make for a bad day as there could be consequences. It too had some exposed riding near the rim edges but not nearly as exposed as you felt on parts of Gooseberry.
The riding generally felt like it had a little more flow but you had to pay particular attention to the cairns that marked the way because it was super easy to get off track and not see where the trail went. All in all, it was a big thumbs up - the missus and I both got some riding in and the dogs got in another great round of play. By the end of the day, they would be exhausted.
Some pix of the Guac trail:
looking towards Zion:
The mesa was rockier than at first glance:
it looked like there had been a recent burn too:
not a shabby way to spend the turkey mini holiday.....
We headed up to the mesa and took turns riding/watching the dogs. We got up there and had the mesa to ourselves - by the time we got done riding, we had lots of company. The strangest might have been when I returned from my ride to find the missus hanging with the dogs and a mormon family in the same area cutting down firewood. It was strange because at the time there was no one else up at the mesa but they had to choose the same location to crank up two loud chainsaws. The weirdest thing of all though was what they said when they pulled up....the asked the missus if she minded if they stopped there for a picnic. Apparently 'picnic' is mormon code for busting out chainsaws and increasing the decibel levels for a while. When I got back from my ride and heard the chainsaw action, we quickly got in the car and re-located down the road where the chainsaws were at least muffled a little more. Ahhh, the sweet sounds of the outdoors. Mental note: must learn mormon code mo' betta'
The weather was still amazing (perhaps even perfect) and we were treated to some great riding and phenomenal views overlooking Zion. The riding on the Guacamole trail was not as technical as Gooseberry or Gander but was certainly still enough to keep you thoroughly engaged and on your tek game - any lapse in focus or judgement could make for a bad day as there could be consequences. It too had some exposed riding near the rim edges but not nearly as exposed as you felt on parts of Gooseberry.
The riding generally felt like it had a little more flow but you had to pay particular attention to the cairns that marked the way because it was super easy to get off track and not see where the trail went. All in all, it was a big thumbs up - the missus and I both got some riding in and the dogs got in another great round of play. By the end of the day, they would be exhausted.
Some pix of the Guac trail:
looking towards Zion:
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