Today's Mileage: 50
Total Mileage: 1372
The ride to Hite, situated where the Colorado River enters Lake Powell, was 50 miles with no services, so we prepared ourselves with plenty of water and tried to get a semi-early start to beat the heat.
The first 20 miles we faced a stiff headwind. This was a pain, but since the sky was still cloud-covered, it was bearable, albeit slow.
The middle portion of the ride took us into a pretty canyon of red rock, with a tree-lined dry riverbed.
Leaving the canyon, there was some climbing before we were able to look out over the northern end of Lake Powell, where bunch of rivers dump into each other. The highlights (besides the pea-soup color of the water) were crossing our first two real bridges, over the Dirty River, and more notably, the Colorado River.
There was one final long uphill push after the bridge, and then a small side road took us to the Hite Recreation Area, where we found the only store for 50+ miles in either direction.
Luckily, the store was open for another hour or so, and the storekeeper was friendly and full of good information.
We opted to "camp" on some picnic tables under an overhang, and we watched the sky grow dark with storm clouds.
Some bikers (motorcycle types) decided to join us for the evening.
Total Mileage: 1372
The ride to Hite, situated where the Colorado River enters Lake Powell, was 50 miles with no services, so we prepared ourselves with plenty of water and tried to get a semi-early start to beat the heat.
The first 20 miles we faced a stiff headwind. This was a pain, but since the sky was still cloud-covered, it was bearable, albeit slow.
The middle portion of the ride took us into a pretty canyon of red rock, with a tree-lined dry riverbed.
Leaving the canyon, there was some climbing before we were able to look out over the northern end of Lake Powell, where bunch of rivers dump into each other. The highlights (besides the pea-soup color of the water) were crossing our first two real bridges, over the Dirty River, and more notably, the Colorado River.
There was one final long uphill push after the bridge, and then a small side road took us to the Hite Recreation Area, where we found the only store for 50+ miles in either direction.
Luckily, the store was open for another hour or so, and the storekeeper was friendly and full of good information.
We opted to "camp" on some picnic tables under an overhang, and we watched the sky grow dark with storm clouds.
Some bikers (motorcycle types) decided to join us for the evening.
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