We love mountain biking. There, I said it. Although if you follow our blog you already know full well that we mountain bike as often as we can. Since I went to Gooseberry Mesa a couple of weeks ago for my mountain biking class, Chad has been wanting to go and see for himself how incredibly aweome it is. Since Chad's day off is on Thursday, we packed up the car on Wednesday night right after work and drove the 4 hours down to St. George so that we would have all of Thursday as a stress-free mountain biking day. Luckily, the Cummings family opened their house to us on Wednesday night and we were able to sleep the night there instead of trying to find the campground on the mesa in the middle of the night.Thursday morning we woke up early and were on the mesa around 8:45 a.m. I love the way our car looks with the rack and the bikes on the top. Here's a pic:
When we finally made it up the bumpy dirt road to the mesa, we drove into the parking lot and officially became the only people on the mesa. Seriously, the entire parking lot was empty, we didn't see anyone on the trail ALL DAY. It was awesome.
Before embarking on our mountain biking excursion, we had to take a quick picture. We were so happy to be out of Provo for a little bit and in such a beatiful place to mountain bike all day!
Chad climbing up the rock face: isn't he sexy?
Living on the edge:
After stopping at the point of the mesa for a quick snack and a breather, we started riding again and found out I had a flat tire. Good thing we were all prepared to fix it.
I love the desert environment...
Climbing.
Look how blue the sky was...
Sweet jump!
More climbing.
It was an awesome trip and a great Thursday that we got to spend together. We plan on going back down to Gooseberry sometime soon!
1 comment:
Nice! Makes me want to invest in a better mountain bike-
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