Happy B-Day Utah!

Living in the great state of Utah provides two holidays in the month of July. We celebrate our country's birth on the 4th and our state's on the 24th. Yes, July 24th, 1847 is when the Pioneers, lead by Brigham Young came into the Salt Lake Valley.(Read More) Big Man's family and friends have tried to make it a tradition to ride the Pioneer Trail, which part of it is the original trail the Pioneers used to descend from Big Mountain to Little Mountain.

The Saturday before Pioneer Day a lively group headed to Kamas to ride one of the favorite routes of the season, "The Loop For Famous Fritters". Is it the beautiful ride through Francis, Woodland, along the South Fork of the Provo River, up to the summit of Wolfcreek Pass and back to Thousand Peaks Ranch that brings out the riders OR the Fritters?

As always, there was plenty of chatter, singing, meeting new friends and HEAD DUNKs. As you will see in the video below, the PCRs are excited to welcome into full fellowship, Mr. GQ and King of Tarts. Congratulations! Mr. MBA is still holding out on this important ritual in becoming a true disciple.

A special invitation from one of the younger PCRs, Mad Max, was also extended to encourage the "geezers" of the group to ride back to their roots and get to the mountains.

YIPPY SKIPPY

 "There's a bright golden haze on the meadow"

 It doesn't get any better

 Can you tell who the locals are?

 Let's go get FRITTERS!

 Can I join the PCRs?

 Man, this does beat the road....

 The Trek 7000 LIVES ON!

You fall behind, You get left behind!

God Bless America

July has arrived and so as the HEAT!  The last couple of weeks have been warm so where to do you  go... to the mountains. Salt Lake City is blessed with great canyons to ride and if you leave early, you can beat the heat and traffic. Last week the PCRs, decided to celebrate the 4th by riding to Deer Valley and back and Saturday it was a 100 miler round trip for the A Team, Morgan and back for Prez. Hale (which by THE WAY, does anyone know if he made it back without heat stroke), and Big Man and adrenaline junky Joey rode to Cherry Hill water park.

Prez. Hale was recently invited to share his adventure, mentioned in the previous blog post, with Big Man's YSA ward and here are the 7 note worthy take-aways:

1. Don't be so focused on the end of life's journey that you miss the joy that comes from the journey along THE WAY
2. Do it, Just Do it
3. Get and stay physically fit
4. Get and stay spiritually fit
5. Don't judge others harshly
6. Compare yourself with yourself, not Others
7. Be Grateful

Continue to enjoy your riding journeys, be safe and God Bless America!

YIPPY SKIPPY

Early morning cool temps and GREAT sunrises

 Always stop and talk to famous people

 Hate those flats...

You fall behind, you get left behind!