Relaxing in Salt Lake

I’m trying to decide if we should leave today or if we should wait one more day. This is kind of where things get serious. The ride has been good fun thus far, kind of hard, but we have been making it extra hard for ourselves for a reason. When we hit that desert we need to move as fast as humanly possible. We haven’t been going as many miles as I originally wanted, but we are pushing ourselves to take the big hills and handle the toughest roads. I feel ready to take on the long road.
We really can’t afford too many more equipment failures. We are ready for that risk, but the road we are taking might not have bike shops. We have the tools to fix the most common problems (thank you again Joyride) I feel confident enough to hit the desert, but we are trying to rearrange the gear on our bikes for the maximum efficiency. We can’t be moving in the heat so we will have to reverse our sleeping schedule . Moving at night will be nice for a view of the stars, but it will have its own problems. Riding will keep us warm so I imagine we will have extra motivation to move.
I have to say I’m looking forward to the ride, it will peaceful in its own way. I have an mp3 player full of my favorite music and I can get the radio on it too, so I’ll find out how the radio changes on the road. The interesting part of this ride for me will be the people I’ll meet by far. I’ve had a chance to talk to a few good people. When Zane had his crash several people stopped to ask if we needed help, but we had our own resources. One group that stopped to help us in particular was really amazing, a mother and her kids. They saw the accident and pulled over immediately, the mother also helped pay for the tire that was ruined. If you read this I want you to know you are a beautiful stranger, thank you so much. I‘m sorry I forgot your name, lol, please e-mail it to me.
After the crash I called my Dad who was happy to come pick us up. I wanted to ride on alone, which was a promising ride because it was mostly down hill to salt lake, but I got a flat about 3 miles later. I forgot to grab the pump from Zane’s trailer so had to call my dad to pick me up anyway, lol. I’m really happy I got to spend some time with him. In fact the biggest part of why I want to stay an extra day, is just to spend some time alone with him. He and his wife Suz have been really good to me…spoiled me even .

A long and troubled road

Well today was pretty good fun, we suffered our first real accident. It wasn't too bad...actually kind of funny to see flail about (in retrospect). Our trailers are sort of top heavy and prone to falling over. Well, Zane started down a hill, but he was standing and petaling really hard to get going faster. His trailer fliped behind him and he was tossed up in the air. He survived with just a few scratches. but his back wheel got bent really bad and his trailer was damaged. we are still planning to go forward of course, but we might get delayed for a day while we wait for his tire/trailer to get fixed. Its all good. it means i get to spend more time with my dad, who i don't get to see very often.

We have been going over some very hill covered areas thus far. I just want to make sure we are ready to tackle the mountains in the desert. Having a wheel break on the road to Salt lake isn't so bad. If we run into the same problem in the desert... well things won't be so hot.

Getting started

Hey guys, welcome to my blog. Sorry about the delay in getting the website up, i wasn't expecting the Herald Journal to publish the story so fast.
the first day was great for the most part, we took our time and stopped to say goodbye to some fine lady friends of ours. They just happened to live on the road that we were headed out on. Once night hit our trip became really rough, we took a back road past Paradise and Avon to get to Huntsville. We had never seen Huntsville before and thought it would be a good idea to head that way. Well, Huntsville was nice i guess, but we were a bit tired from the long ride on the dirt/rock road that was mostly uphill. The ride down Ogden canyon was great though, all downhill and great scenery. We've just got to Ogden and are receiving some fine hospitality from a good friend of mine: Kori Hanna. We are going to spend the night in Ogden and get to salt lake tomorrow.