We loaded up Wednesday morning and set out for Fruita. It took us a little while to get the truck and car packed but we had it all dialed and we were ready to roll.
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| My 11-year-old Honda Toting Four Bikes Like a Boss! |
When we rolled into Fruita, Don, Richard, Kyle, Fenton and Nick were itching to squeeze in a ride. Don and Steve still had to pickup their rental bikes and Kyle had to assemble his IF. Unfortunately, the airline lost Fenton's bike and he rode the backup hardtail. Fenton's bike did eventually show up in the wee hours of the night.
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| Nick and Richard's Preride and 18 Road Trails |
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| Fenton Assembling the Yeti Thursday AM. |
With all of the riding ahead of us, Steve, Johanna and I grabbed an early Mexican dinner and did some last minute food shopping for the trip. The rest of the crew got some delicious pie at
Hot Tomato.
Overall it was an amazing trip. The original plan was shuffled a bit when we couldn't figure out a reasonable shuttle system or route for the 35 mile climb and we decided to just skip ahead to Porcupine Rim. Porcupine was amazing and I don't think anyone regretted that decision. On the third day we broke down camp and did some local riding in Fruita...which was pretty lame compared to dropping 4000' over 14 mi the previous day. In hindsight, maybe a short ride at Slickrock would have been the way to go...but it is what it is.
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| View From Campsite Number 1 |
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| Campsite 2 |
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| Just One of the Stellar Views Along the Way |
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| We Got Pretty Good at Packing the Truck by the end. |
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