The weather was definitely warm and the sun pretty intense as we rode south and the west into the sun.
We decided to take on the Porter Rockwell Trail again in Draper. This time with the goal of going at least 5 miles out and 5 miles back for a total of 10 miles.
Not as many scouts showed up this time. We presume that's because summer has arrived and families are taking vacations and just generally busy with family based activities.
But for those that did come, we had a great ride. Most of the way south and west is uphill, though gradual for many stretches of the trail.
The sun was definitely in our eyes while we headed west. The nice thing about this trail is there are very few points where we had to cross a busy street other than 13th East. A bunch of great bike/pedestrian bridges have been built.
As we headed west we could see a lot of paragliders along the section leading up to Point of the Mountain.
When we past the 5 mile mark we decided that was a good point to call it half way. It has been a little over an hour as well.
The return trip went much faster as most of it was now on the downhill slope and much easier to keep the momentum up.
As a reward for completing a good ride and reaching our 10 mile goal, we took a detour to Dairy Queen for dipped cones and sticky fingers. A nice way to finish out the evening. Thanks Donald for the cones and a nice cooling down time at DQ!
Notice how Larry has a hard time finding his mouth! It was a two napkin event for him. Oh wait, that was Chris who needed the two napkins.
No more scout meetings until we head to Camp Hunt. Be sure your paperwork is in order and you've packed all the necessities for a fantastic camp in July!
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