Smith Mesa was the object of our tires today. Not very technical, good thing cause you can’t keep yer eyes on the trail. Plenty steep though. Rumors of ejector seats and flying monkeys abound behind these signs. We sure wanted to explore…but resisted. These signs really pull ya in don’t they? This is where the […]
Category Archives: Exploratories
Square top denial
North and a bit west of St George is a range of mountains snuggled up against the Nevada border. They haven’t hit my radar at all yet ’cause they don’t lie between here and St George, not even by way of my jagged thinking. I’ve put the trans utah obsession on temporary hold and saddled up […]
Smoky Mountain ‘sploratory
The Smoky Mountain road between Big Water and Escalante covers huge expanse of remote, lonely, beautiful country. The road surface is actually quite good for the most part. Water availability is not bad either. It’s been dry for a good long while yet we found plenty. The area lends itself nicely to an ambitious 2 day […]
The Journey
The older I get the more I like to take my time with things, it leaves more time for savoring. Destinations often have a finality attached to them; everything that happens before then is the purpose. I don’t seek the payout, I seek the experience. You can draw a ton of analogies to this…racing is certainly […]
Off the grid
What a constrast. Last weekend was a struggle within; this weekend was a purely, deliciously, physical struggle. Post Moab recovery took about 2 days. I built a SS out of my old Trek 9.8 hardtail – I had the parts in the garage to get it done and within 2 hours of motivating I had […]