~TOUR DE MERJO~

I can't even begin to tell you how much time Merrilee and I used to spend on our bikes. Everyday we would ride somewhere, usually up Maple Canyon on the dirt! Our goal was to not get off our bikes for any of the difficult rocky climbs or the steep up hill climb out of the bottom that could really only be done if it had recently rained and the dirt wasn't too loose.

We have trekked the White Rim Trail too many times to count and the Kokopelli Trail one too many times! We don't believe in ski lifts to take our bikes to the top, preferring instead to ride to the top. Moab has been one of our favorite "girls trips" for years, and we have spent more time on the back side of Timp and Park City than the front. The reason I'm telling you this is because Merrilee and I got on our road bikes for the first, FIRST time this year today! I can't believe that we haven't had time ( or taken the time) until now to go for a ride. Now you have to understand that with Merr it isn't just a little bike ride around town...after our hiatus we went about 25 miles in just under 2 hours in the Spanish Fork winds!!! We did stop long enough to snap a couple of pictures to document our great accomplishment and to say hello to my cute little grand kids in Spanish Fork but that was it. Honestly, I can't think of a better way to spend a couple of hours. Merr has been one of my best friends for over 20 years. We have spent so much time together that we sometimes speak a foreign language that only the two of us seem to understand...it's called gibberish! This skinny tire thing is not our first choice for bike ridding but, I think that we can get used to it. Still, there is nothing like the "water melon bust" in the mountains as the maples change to various shades of red, and a single track during the months of September and October that keep us returning again and again to our trusty mountain bikes.

Ride on!