Two Adventures, One Weekend

Well, it finally came and went! My big bad hard road ride that I've been trying to train for all summer: the Wildflower Pedalfest ride near Mountain Green, Utah. It was 75 miles long, with 4,478 feet of elevation gain. 6 hours of ride time. 3,800 calories burned! I even held a heart rate of 180 bpm while climbing the big climb for an hour. That was a long time to hold that high of a heart rate. I did better than I thought I would! I thought I'd suck big time since all my training was so hard and I was so much slower than Katie and Jessica - my two girlfriends that I rode the ride with. But I did it! Yay! We made a little girls weekend of it and got a hotel in Ogden for the night before, went out to dinner in the historic district of Ogden, and then walked around a car show.

My fave car at the car show. 

At the start line.

At the top of the big climb.

At the top of the big climb. 

At the finish line. 

Since I was going to be out of town, Mike wanted some plans too so he went backpacking in the Uintas with Dave and a couple other friends. They hiked some peak that I think he called Yard Peak. It looked like it was super steep to climb it. He did a little fishing and a little hammocking. By the look on his face in his hammock pic, I'd say he was missing me a lot and just not having as much fun without me. ;)

See! I think he missed me. ;)

On the climb to Yard Peak

At the saddle to Yard Peak