3 Bike Rides

Ride #1 - Provo Canyon

I (Brian) did this ride by myself.  It was a quick high mile ride.  I started at Provo Canyon and then rode up to Vivian Park on the Provo River Parkway.  On the way back down I took the Bonneville Shoreline Trail (BST)  up to the overlook over Orem/Provo then back down to the mouth of Provo canyon.  A quick 20 miles.

On the way up the BST there were a bunch of wild turkeys.  There were big - maybe 18 inches tall and they weren't very smart at getting out of the way of my bike. 

On the way down, there was a HUGE tarantula on the Provo River Parkway.

Ride #2  - Bonneville Shoreline Trail - PG to Orem

Michelle & I did a quick evening ride.  We didn't get started until almost 7 so we were racing daylight.  This was Michelle's first time riding this entire section of the BST.  It is surprisingly difficult uphill, but was a lot of fun.  We got off the trail with some daylight to spare and then rode home mostly on the Murdock canal and the bike trail in Lindon.  It was getting pretty dark by the time we got home.  Usually clouds go from West to East, but this time the clouds went East to West.  A bunch of nasty rain clouds came out of the canyon.  We only got rained on a little bit, but it was really weird to see the clouds do that.

Michelle getting ready to ride - the bikes are still on the trunk.

Michelle riding up the last nasty steep part as the sun gets close to setting.  Michelle says if it looks like she is about to die, that is because she is about to die!

 Ride #3 - Mill Canyon / Deer Creek South Fork

We had a fairly busy Saturday with pinewood derby cars and Michelle's Chino III ward reunion, but we found some time for a nice bike ride.  It was longer drive and a shorter ride, but we had a fantastic time.  This ride has a mix of asphalt, dirt road, and single track.  The deer creek south fork downhill is still my favorite trail.

Brian just off the trail looking down on the Cascade Springs Road side of the Ridge 157 trail.

Michelle at the same spot as Brian above just facing the other direction.

 

The next 4 pictures are a panorama of pictures taken all standing in the same spot.  This is the spot where the ridge 157 gets to the top so that you are an on the west side of the ridge instead of the east.

Facing West towards the entrance of American Fork canyon/ Tibble Fork.

Facing South towards Timp

Facing West looking down at some of the trees changing colors.

Facing South with a view of the trail we are about to ride down.

The one problem with this ride is that there were a LOT of muddy spots on the trail.  We would walk or ride around them to avoid putting ruts in the trail.  It was a pain - here's an example of one of the worse mud puddles in the middle of the trail.

The next 4 pictures are pictures of the ride down Deer Creek South Fork from Ridge 157.  The mix of Aspens and Pine Trees is absolutely gorgeous.