Mountain Biking - Moab...30th April thru 4th May...

This will be my 7th trip out there in 2.5 years...and will also be my Bachelor Party weekend!

Anyone gonna be out there? Want to join in on the fun?

Here's our itinerary:
Arrive in Moab 6-7pm on the 30th.

Thursday the 1st:
Morning - Open Option (TBD XC ride or Bartlett Wash for the freeriding nuts)
Afternoon - Slick Rock (So we can get ALL the Moab Virgins out on The Rock)

Friday:
Gemini Bridges to Gold Bar Rim to Portal Trail (Shuttle)

Saturday:
Morning - Amassa Back
Afternoon - Porcupine Rim (Shuttle)

Sunday (stopping in Fruita on the way back):
Mary's Loop and Horsethief Bench

I'd love to, but i have a ton of school work to do before finals week which is right after the 4th :( This weekend I'm kayaking the San Juan river so that'll be my last big excursion before school gets out. Shoot, well have a good time, i know you will.

Wahoo! One week from today...Gemini Bridges, Gold Bar rim and the Portal Trail!

The absolute BEST place to stay in Moab:
The Westwood Guesthouse
http://www.moab-utah.com/westwood/guesthouse.html

- Smack dab in the middle of town...right around the corner from Eddie Mcstiff's and Zacks All You Can Eat Pizza.
- Hot Tub
- A nice backyard, hose for cleaning the bike and THEY PROVIDE TOWELS for cleaning/drying your bike!
- Breakfast is included, they stock the fridge with eggs, milk, juice, bagels, pancake mix, etc. (you cook your own breakfast)
- You can store your bikes in the room or on the deck without any complaints from the management.
- The BEST PART? If you put 4 people per room...the rooms are huge, these used to be apartments, the rate is $21.50 per person/per night!

The absolute BEST shuttle service in Moab:
The Coyote Shuttle
http://www.mybikesite.com/utah/shops/49.htm
Ask for Jesse and make sure he bring Nick along for the shuttle ride.
Groups get a discount rate.

Dude...I wish I could come:D...too bad I'm in maryland with a busted huffy with a rear mech that is spitting pulleys.

Moab was awesome! It was crazy windy on Saturday - and out of THIRTEEN of us on the trip only three of us sick-o's ventured out on the trail...and we're pretty glad we did...'cause we ran into our local Home Town hero up on Amassa Back...

http://www.donaldsonclan.net/images/2003-05-03AmassaAllisonKeith01640.JPG

http://www.donaldsonclan.net/images/2003-05-03AmassaAllisonTonyMike01640.JPG

I shot about 60 other stills and 20 minutes of DV that I'll post as soon as they're ready...

Nice. Yeah, wind is the problem coming out this way (the desert southwest, that is) this time of year. Glad you braved it, though. She looks a lot more hard core than you guys do, though. I wonder why...

Good story, though. I hear Tomac rides up around Cortez, CO, maybe has a place there. I'd like to run into him sometime.

Glad you had fun and didn't have any issues.

"Hard Core" is all in the eye of the beholder!
She's aerobically fit to the Nth degree, but I doubt she was up to hucking the ledges with the body armor and full face helmets with us...

Like I say, she LOOKS more hard core. There in her spandexed glory and you in the body armor.

Just giving you crap. Although, you should have tried to get her to do some of that stuff. Those cross country riders are actually pretty good bike handlers, sometimes. And I doubt she's heavy enough to break a bike!

Bike Co. looks like you will have a story to tell the grand kids... :D

And to think she's only 2 years younger than me...AND she's the World Champ!

I dunno, man, she sounds pretty damn hard core to me!

Definitely! Harcore...she wins the 2002 World Championships with a broken wrist in a cast...