Blue skies and miles of road. Utah was very hard to leave.

Horizon (aug 2)

Horizon

Mile 1551

Mile 1551, Goblin Valley Otherworldly. A few miles up a curving, dusty red road, I parked the bike overlooking a maze of rounded sandstone pillars. They call them goblins or hoodoos and as you walk them, your feet shift in the sand. There’s some vegetation but that only serves to highlight how barren everything else […]

Mile 1518

Mile 1518, between Capitol Reef and Hanksville If you are planning on far-ranging travel, be sure you have maps. For most of Utah and Arizona, unless I was in a city, I had no cell service. The loophole is that if you set your GPS when you do have a connection, it’ll work even through […]

Mile 1233

Mile 1233, Green River, UT. Before making it to Torrey, The Sleepy Hollow Motel. I wish I would have gotten a better picture of the classic neon roadside motel sign, but the Scout was prettier.

Mile 1470 (petroglyphs)

Mile 1470, Road-side petroglyphs in Capitol Reef. I’m not much for stopping at the side of the road for the sights, I’m finding out. Most times I’d rather roll past and enjoy the ride. However, there is an evolving list of things that will get me to stop. So far the top two things: dinosaur-related […]

Mile 1470

Mile 1470: hot pipes are hot. Before leaving the Ramble, I threw my jacket over the seat to unload my saddlebags. And the pipes melted my jacket! Tent repair kit to the rescue, but I’m not sure that looks any better than the melted hole. Better than if it had been my skin, right? Are […]

Mile 1470

Mile 1470, taking in the hot springs in Monroe, UT. This was the second day of the ramble. I started alone but caught up to two of the LA Litas and rode with them there (I wish I remembered names! They were fast and fun to keep up with). This was also when I was […]

Mile 1334

Mile 1334, Torrey, UT for the #litas #blacktopramble File under: I wish I would have taken more pictures. This is from a few weeks ago now, but cell service has been spotty as I play catch up. So many amazing women, all with amazing stories. My usual is to be the only girl on her bike so […]

Mile 1334

Mile 1334, Torrey, UT. Stopped at the post office, a small cabin on the main street, to get the sleeping bag the folks sent to general delivery for me. Leaving the Black Hills I was sure I didn’t want to manage the extra weight and bulk of camping supplies, but the opportunity to hit the […]