Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot
We rolled into Utah this afternoon, and boy is it hot here. The current temperature here in Blanding is 95 degrees. Apparently, Utah is experiencing some unseasonably hot weather. Cycling through the heat hasn't been too bad though. We're all filling out Camelbaks on a regular basis and drinking plenty of Gatorade.
Yesterday we made our way out of the Rockies by summiting 10,300 foot Lizard Head Pass. The pass apparently got its name from a nearby mountain whose summit looked like the head of a lizard. Unfortunately, the top of the mountain fell off years ago, so when we got there it didn't look like much of anything. We still had a great view from the top though.
We left the Rockies with a mixture of sadness and joy. We're happy that we won't have to face any more huge Rocky Mountain climbs, but we really enjoyed the scenery in the Rockies. We're going to miss camping at the base of huge snow covered mountains. Hopefully Utah will give us some scenery to cheer about as well. The group consensus is that Colorado is definitely the best state we've been through so far.
Today we left Colorado and headed for Blanding, UT. The southwestern part of Colorado reminded us a lot of Kansas, but with more hills. As we rolled into Blanding, a few mountains appeared on the horizon. Despite the fact that almost everything around here is flat, we suspect that the nice folks at Adventure Cycling will send us right up into the mountains. Those masochists....
We're all planning to get to bed early tonight so that we can get an early start toward Glen Canyon tomorrow. To that end, I guess I should stop writing and go try to find some food. We're going to be in primitive campgrounds for a couple of days, so we probably won't be able to blog. Hopefully we can write on our day off at Bryce Canyon though. See you then...
-Jon
Yesterday we made our way out of the Rockies by summiting 10,300 foot Lizard Head Pass. The pass apparently got its name from a nearby mountain whose summit looked like the head of a lizard. Unfortunately, the top of the mountain fell off years ago, so when we got there it didn't look like much of anything. We still had a great view from the top though.
We left the Rockies with a mixture of sadness and joy. We're happy that we won't have to face any more huge Rocky Mountain climbs, but we really enjoyed the scenery in the Rockies. We're going to miss camping at the base of huge snow covered mountains. Hopefully Utah will give us some scenery to cheer about as well. The group consensus is that Colorado is definitely the best state we've been through so far.
Today we left Colorado and headed for Blanding, UT. The southwestern part of Colorado reminded us a lot of Kansas, but with more hills. As we rolled into Blanding, a few mountains appeared on the horizon. Despite the fact that almost everything around here is flat, we suspect that the nice folks at Adventure Cycling will send us right up into the mountains. Those masochists....
We're all planning to get to bed early tonight so that we can get an early start toward Glen Canyon tomorrow. To that end, I guess I should stop writing and go try to find some food. We're going to be in primitive campgrounds for a couple of days, so we probably won't be able to blog. Hopefully we can write on our day off at Bryce Canyon though. See you then...
-Jon
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