May Means Cycling!

This month we are concentrating on the Cycling Merit Badge. We have the opportunity at our week long scout camp to finish our week by cycling 55 miles around the entire shoreline of Bear Lake.

To prepare, we are working on the Cycling Merit Badge in our May scout meetings. We began by first learning about the care and maintenance of a bike. Then we working on the safety rules that go with riding bikes safely on roads where we share it with other vehicles and cyclists.

The second week we took off for the Jordan River Parkway at approximately 9800 South. We decided to first head north and found the trail closed not very far past our starting point.

So we decided to head south instead with a bright sun heading down behind the mountains in the west.

We stopped for a breather and to adjust seats and get a drink of water.

We went beyond 10600 South to a place where a foot/bike bridge crosses the river. It was already after 8pm so we decided to head back in order to get everyone back to the church parking lot around 8:30pm.

This trip ended up to be around 6 miles total and was a good chance for everyone to see what kinds of adjustments they need to make to build up to our 55 miler in July.

Keep on riding and toughen up those legs and your seat...55 miles is lot more than 6 miles!