Desert Escape Day One

Last Friday we made a run for the border. Colorado/Utah border, that is. We made it into camp just in time to enjoy a beautiful afternoon.


The campground was great. We enjoyed all of the necessary amenities. You know, like trees, sand, rocks, and beautiful blue skies.

I couldn't help but smile as we were getting ready to depart. We had about every type of bike imaginable with us.

Mitch brought his new Intense Spider 29er, too.

We started the ride on relatively mellow double track.

It didn't take long, though, before we were pushing. It's not mountain biking unless you're hiking. This would prove to be a common theme for the weekend.

Buttery sweet singletrack was also a theme for the weekend. As Mitch demonstrates, sand and slickrock happened, too.


Showen and Daverill show us how it's done. SS in the snaking sandy track.



Wills pilots the pink Soulcraft. Single and steadfast.

Matty was having a good time, too. I think.

When all was said and done, we put day one in the books with about 20 miles of sweet desert singletrack under our belts. We enjoyed the peaceful desert dusk as we fueled up on food, Dale's Pale Ale, Old Chubb, and Ten Fiddy. We needed all the help we could get, for Saturday would be a big day.