We started early in Moab with a ride 7 miles from our hotel. the trails were mixed with desert riding and Slickrock. The temperature was in the 80's by 8:30 and was 91 when we finished at 10:30. Time to move on to high elevation riding in Colorado. Interesting brown stripe to follow on the slick rock. After a 3 hour ride to Aspen, we settled in at the W which is a very nice Marriott property. Welcome champagne and tray of goodies. The hotel does not seem very crowded and ever

Today was going to be all about Arches National Park. We drove 7 miles to the trailhead and did some riding on trails before taking the 4 miles into the park via Willow Springs Road. Along the way, we saw 138 million-year-old dinosaur tracks. Our plan was to return the same route and take a picture of them but we exited out the main entrance. We saw half a dozen arches including this on which is Windows Arch Erin was checking her stats. We ended up with 32 miles with about 2,

Today was our first ride with our friends Mark and Heidi. We picked a good one with 20 miles and 3,300ft of climbing. The trail followed a creek a good portion of the trail. The climb was 10 miles with an average grade of 7%. But the descent was well worth all the effort. We made our contribution to the teepee. It was a tad chilly at the top before our downhill blast. The trails were in perfect shape. Everyone happy at the top at 10,300ft after climbing 3300ft. Time for the f

Today we rode the back 40 which was 32 miles with a little over 3,000ft of climbing. The trails were similar to yesterday a lot of flow and climbing with features mixed in. Rock formations today included many caves and ledges. In fact, one of the trails was called Ledges and in some spots, there were only a few inches to spare before plummeting off a cliff. Erin took the ebike today and was able to easily keep up and still get a good workout manhandling the 'beast'. Again we

While Erin was hard at work I took care of the laundry and then headed to Costco to restock our supplies. The Residence Inn provides plenty of space for bikes and our supplies and a full kitchen. We did not get to see very much of Nashville but most things were not open with restaurants take out only. Headed to Little Rock tonight on our way to Bentonville for more mountain bike riding. #mtbblog #travelblog #bonvoy #residenceinn #costco #travel #blog

Today's ride was in Mill Creek which was close to the hotel and allowed for a good 2-hour ride on a travel day while Erin put in a workday. I rode Spencer Gap, Fletcher Creek, and Trace Ridge trails after a climb up Wash Creek Road. The trails were mostly like this and very fast, not too technical. Now on to Nashville for our next stop. #mtbblog #travelblog #blog #bonvoy #sacredridesmichaux #pisgah #asheville