Couldn't have been better. I got to SLC around 11:30, Toby and I took off to some local bike shops and a REI to look for some camping equip and biking shorts. When we got back we took off from the house up a canyon to hit a fun trail. The climb up the canyon wasn't so fun, about 5.5miles all uphill!!!! My butt was not ready for that, yet alone handling it in the altitude. At one point on the road a sign said 5,800ft and I tell you what, that makes a big difference especially for someone coming from ~400ft. Once we got on the trail it was pretty easy and fast. The trail basically runs alongside the mountain and slightly downhill, enough that I was on my large chain ring the entire time except one short uphill section. At the end of the trail there is an overlook of the city that offered a splendid view of SLC.
The downhill section was crazy fun! Had to ride the brakes basically the entire time and maneuver around lots of rocks. Definitely not like the short downhill sections back in Peoria.
After we got back home Toby, Matt, Mike, and I went rock climbing (ok, so I didn't actually climb but I watched). It was super cool seeing them scale up the rocks like I've never seen before, and these were considered easy!
Right before dark Toby tried climbing a more difficult rock but light quickly faded and he had to come down.
Another first was I saw a moose! It was just a baby, but none the less super cool. Even the baby was huge compared to the deer back home.
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