Touring - Our Three Day Bike Trip. With Pics. Awww yeah.

Wow. This was quite a trip. The first day involved 7+ hours of riding. At least 5 of those hours was in the sun at 100 degree weather. We got a late start at 4pm and headed up with our loaded trailers up to the U. From there we took the Bonneville Shoreline Trail to Emigration Canyon.

My trailer

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BST

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This was hard.

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We took many well needed rests in the shade.

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Cool pic's, looks like a lot of fun.

Maybe its my connection here at work, but no pics showing up.

Emigration Canyon (http://www.saltlakecycling.com/showride.php?rideID=1008) is a nice, steady incline of about 7.8 miles to the summit. Elevation gain is 1478 feet, making it about 1974 feet total from our house to the summit. We probably gained another 415 feet after that riding to our campground at Affleck Park. I think we arrived at the campground around 11pm.

Emigration Canyon is a hot spot for roadies. We were the only ones carrying trailers.

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Almost to the summit!

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Looking down into Emigration at dusk.

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Dinner.

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Pepe le Pew. Can you see him down at the bottom? He was quite brave, waltzing through our camp during dinner. I didn't want him to get too close, though.

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Our camp in the morning.

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We were very tired and sore this yesterday. We took our time with breakfast.

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Coffee stuffs.

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Affleck Park.

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The start point of our second day.

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It was a short (relative) climb up single track to the road.

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Then it was an easy ride back down the hill to Little Dell Reservoir.

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Yay! We made it to the reservoir!

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It was very pretty here. So quiet and peaceful.

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We were both feeling pretty tired so we laid out our mats and rested up a bit.

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Footprints in the sky.

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Going to get water.

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Tuesday night camp.

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This is how we like to keep ourselves entertained.

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Hey Look! He's wearing his 50+ jersey

Footprints in the sky.

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That is really cool pic. I think is would make cool album cover, for maybe Rush of Pink Floyd type band.

keep the pics coming, but fewer of joe. :D

This morning.

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We woke up bright and early so we could get out of there before someone saw us. We weren't supposed to camp there, but circumstances gave us few choices.

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Up and out.

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View from the summit.

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It was a pretty fun ride, all in all. Tweaked my knee a little bit, we both got somewhat dehydrated even though we drank TONS, and my fingers are feeling just a tad numb. The ride home was nice. Almost downhill the whole way. :)

We have a lot more pictures here (http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/gallery/5576621_KZ7yH/6/341953148_RZDwJ#P-1-16) if you want to check them out.

Looks like you guys had a blast. Nice pics.

Hey, you didn't say anything about building a stick fort!?!

love all the pics, thanks for sharing!
do I remember you were having a bit of discomfort with your seat before you left? just wondered how that went.

cool pics! such beautiful landscapes...Thanks for sharing.

although now my wife will want us to do something like this...I usually am the one dragging her out to ride, but she loves the wild & wooly outdoors...

Alas, I am a wimp about roughing it (I'm more like the wife on Green Acres - I want five star pampering after a ride.:o)

Looks like ya'll had fun. If I was capable of feeling emotion, I would be jealous and happy for you.

Loved the pics. What was the bundle of branches lookin' thingy in your album?

Great pics! For some reason I'm a little surprised you brought freeze-dried food. Ben has a park? More Shadiyah in skimpy top. Less Joe playing hacky sack. This is training for a bigger ride, no? You need to work out a system for daily updates: small laptop, satellite phone.

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Umm.... Joe. I'm pretty sure the famous Shadiya pose keeps both feet on the ground.

Hey, you didn't say anything about building a stick fort!?!

Heh, yeah we didn't actually build that. We found that up there. I don't think we had to motivation to build anything beyond setting up our tent. ;)

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love all the pics, thanks for sharing!
do I remember you were having a bit of discomfort with your seat before you left? just wondered how that went.

I don't think that was me. I was having problems with numbness in my pinkie and ring fingers of my right hand, though. Still am, but its not so bad since I changed out my grips and pull bar ends on.

cool pics! such beautiful landscapes...Thanks for sharing.

although now my wife will want us to do something like this...I usually am the one dragging her out to ride, but she loves the wild & wooly outdoors...

Alas, I am a wimp about roughing it (I'm more like the wife on Green Acres - I want five star pampering after a ride.:o)

Do it! Its a beautiful world out there. :)

Loved the pics. What was the bundle of branches lookin' thingy in your album?

Tis a shelter that was built there before we arrived.

Looks like ya'll had fun. If I was capable of feeling emotion, I would be jealous and happy for you.

Whatever dude. Smile. You know you want to.

Great pics! For some reason I'm a little surprised you brought freeze-dried food. Ben has a park? More Shadiyah in skimpy top. Less Joe playing hacky sack. This is training for a bigger ride, no? You need to work out a system for daily updates: small laptop, satellite phone.

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What do you think we should have brought? Those meals are great if you are trying to keep your load as light as possible. :) Plus, we got a kajillion of them as a wedding gift. :) Yup, we are in training for our Continental Divide Ride (Canada to Mexico). We will probably bring a laptop for that.

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Better? :p

A woman who wears a short skirt in the woods.

There is a god.

What do you think we should have brought? Those meals are great if you are trying to keep your load as light as possible. :)

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm perfectly fine with freeze-dried food. I just thought for a short trip you might have made a gourmet dinner and brought along a bottle of wine in the trailer. :p



Better? :p

You are too kind. :)

That "pose like Shadiyah" shot should go in the "Pose Like Shadiyah" thread.

I don't think that was me. I was having problems with numbness in my pinkie and ring fingers of my right hand, though. Still am, but its not so bad since I changed out my grips and pull bar ends on.
hmm maybe thats what i was thinking of.
too many cyclists on this forum to keep straight :eek:

Whatever dude. Smile. You know you want to.

Yes ma'am.:D

That looked like fun!

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm perfectly fine with freeze-dried food. I just thought for a short trip you might have made a gourmet dinner and brought along a bottle of wine in the trailer. :p

Oh that would have been heavenly. Still, those trailers were damn heavy and I'm kind of glad that we didn't bring any heavier foods or beverages. Kinda. That would have been so nice on that second that. :)


You are too kind. :)

That "pose like Shadiyah" shot should go in the "Pose Like Shadiyah" thread.

Yeah I was thinking that too. Where'd that thread go, now?

Sweet! I'm going to demo a Seven mountain bike this weekend and check out the riding.I hope you guys aren't too tired after all that to hang out.

^^Nope, we'll be all recovered by tomorrow. :)

Never too tired to meet another BF member. ;)

Great photos of what had to be a wonderful time. Shredding it up with a footbag is always fun!!!:thumb: A hard day of riding sure makes for a good night’s sleep.

The Great Divide bike route sounds like an awesome ride. I have a friend that did the Banff to Tetons part and 3 years later now she is still in awe of what she saw. I’d love to be able to take the time to ride it someday. Really REALLY looking forward to reading/seeing photos of that ride of yours.:thumb:

Cool pics. That ride up Emigration is nice since they essentially made a bike lane all the way up.
It's hard enough pedaling my fat arse up that hill I can't imagine pulling a trailer.

Emigration is great now, I did that ride a few dozen times a few years ago then wrote it off due to bad road conditions. Its smooth as silk with nice shoulders almost all the way up. I think we saw 50+ people riding emigration on Monday alone.

I ran into another BikeForums member just after the first switchback, I forget his user name, but if he sees this, Hi! :D

Great photos of what had to be a wonderful time. Shredding it up with a footbag is always fun!!!:thumb: A hard day of riding sure makes for a good night’s sleep.

The Great Divide bike route sounds like an awesome ride. I have a friend that did the Banff to Tetons part and 3 years later now she is still in awe of what she saw. I’d love to be able to take the time to ride it someday. Really REALLY looking forward to reading/seeing photos of that ride of yours.:thumb:

We slept SOOOO good Monday night. :)

Joe will be taking the nice camera on the CDT, so hopefully some nicer pics to be seen.

You and Joe are absolutely made for each other, and you found each other among all this mass of people. You are both so lucky.

Looks like a fantastic trip! Never give up, it's a nice quality you both seem to have.

I love this pic! Looks as if you just "Ninja ass kicked" a few cyclist and are basking in your glory! :lol: See their bikes "scattered about!" BEWARE! Ninshadiyah!
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A hawt woman who wears a short skirt in the woods.

There is a god.

Fixed it for you.:D

Looks like it was a fun trip.

You and Joe are absolutely made for each other, and you found each other among all this mass of people. You are both so lucky.

Looks like a fantastic trip! Never give up, it's a nice quality you both seem to have.

That is so sweet Shifty, thank you mucho!

We are both aching to get up there in your area again. I hope we can do that soon. We miss Oregon and we miss you. :)

That looks incredibly tiring, uncomfortable, and brutal...

And so much fun!!!! :p

Moving to touring... ;)

A woman who wears a short skirt in the woods.

There is a god.

Some great touring pictures, it's nice to see someone other than the usual "a old guy with a beard" touring. But maybe this sort of picture dense tour post is more appropriate for

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You can camp at Little Dell? I am so there next year! Looks like a good time.

Great photos, thanks for sharing. / At first i was not sure, but the red/ blue jersey. It now pretty obviousyly says , Plus Fifty.../ You both are not plus fifty. / At first I thought it US 50. I love riding US 50. Its a bike forums jersey. . Great trip. Think I'd have to wait until October however. The heat.

Some great touring pictures, it's nice to see someone other than the usual "a old guy with a beard" touring. But maybe this sort of picture dense tour post is more appropriate for

www.crazyguyonabike.com

She's my wife, I started BikeForums.net, its cool. :D

JR97, camping is illegal there, but we didn't have any luck finding any other camping spots this side of Big Mountain Pass, we hung out until after dark to setup our tent and were out of there the next morning before sunrise.

(BTW, this thread started out in Foo, I think that should explain most of the posts in the thread...)

Great pics. Good for you! I want to mtn bike tour so baaad. I always wanted to ride in the Teton area when I was a grad student, but, never had the money. And, since then, I've added the rest of the continental divide to the wish list. However, now that I have the money, I don't have the time. :cry:

what are those backpacker pantry bags? keep seeing them. nice pics, wish there were more women like you in this world

what are those backpacker pantry bags? keep seeing them. nice pics, wish there were more women like you in this world

That was our dinner for two nights. :) They are dehydrated meals that are light and convenient to take on tours where every ounce counts. They are pretty good. I think we liked the Kathmandu Curry better than the Pad Thai.

Oh and thanks for the nice comments. :)

Great pics. Good for you! I want to mtn bike tour so baaad. I always wanted to ride in the Teton area when I was a grad student, but, never had the money. And, since then, I've added the rest of the continental divide to the wish list. However, now that I have the money, I don't have the time. :cry:

It's really quite fun. I've never toured on a road bike before, in fact, I've only gone on a couple of tours altogether.

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The Great Divide will be the ultimate tour. We are leaving in a couple of weeks, ohmygoodness. I hope you get a chance to do it someday, FlowerBlossom! Btw, did you ever make the energy bars? :)