Left a few days ago from SLC, headed down to southern Utah and road Gooseberry Mesa, awesome place. Camped that night then headed down to the Grand Canyon on Friday. Hit up the North Rim first, then went up to Page where Lake Powell and the Glen Dam is, then took off for the South Rim area to find a camping spot before it got dark. That night it got down to 39deg! I woke up around 5:15 freezing because I was in shorts and a tee-shirt and in my 45deg sleeping bag rather than my 15deg bag. Whoops. That morning I checked out the view from the south rim then headed south again to Flagstaff. That town is really nice, would like to spend more time there! I felt like crap all day, had a sore throat (still do) and was tired so after Flagstaff I went down towards Sedona but missed the turnoff and ended up heading down highway 17 instead of 89A. I spotted a road on my map that jump between the two highways, but it ended up being a mountain pass rather than a road, so I took it! Up top the mountain I stopped and took a nap in the woods for a bit before heading down to Sedona. I was surprised to find that there is no camping around Sedona, so with night fall coming I heading to the cheapest motel I could find to get some good rest.
Today I rode with two fellas, John and James, both locals. We took a rather epic ride, of about 26miles through the most technical trails I've ever been on. A little too expert rated for me, ended up walking through a few tough sections. My throat was killing me all day, made things less enjoyable. I'll post pics up as soon as I can, but I'm sitting on James's laptop and got tons of pics to deal with that wouldn't be feasible at this time. Tomorrow either heading down to Phoenix or staying here and riding again with these guys, but on a less difficult trail...I hope.
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