Parleys Canyon Riders: Mirror Lake Hwy & Beyond

"In wildness is the preservation of the world."

- Henry David Thoreau -

Saturday the ragtag group known as the PCRs braved the threat of coronavirus, 28 degrees temperature, and the ceaseless yammering of Big Man (AKA White Noise) to ride up the Mirror Lake Highway. Their mission was to burn 5,000 calories so that when they returned to the Kamas Chevron gas station they could, without much guilt, engorge themselves on one of its world-famous fritters. Those fritters were larger than the pile of cash MIA, formerly known as MBA (once again he was missing), has accumulated during his lifetime! KOT (formerly in charge of hocking Kellogg's hit toaster pastry Pop-Tart--packed with 7 vitamins and minerals) constantly fed Merri (I Hate Pop-Tarts) ann with Kellogg's propaganda on why she should change her healthy eating habits (she's not buyin' what he is sellin') and include Pop-tarts on her weekly grocery store list. At the beginning of the ride JT, Merri (I Hate Pop-Tarts) ann's spouse, had to change her flat tire when the temp. was a mere 29 degrees. That guy is tough! He never complained! Speaking of gritty, "Animal" Bruner continued to prove to the world that life after 70 can be pretty much the same way it was at 50. God gave that man great genes! GQ was stylin', as usual, with harmoniously color coordinated cycle wear, bike, and helmet. His constant whining about the temp., however, pierced the solitude that the canyon campers had been enjoying til the early morning riders arrived. Because the ride was up a canyon, with no side roads on which Big Man could chase "squirrels", he stayed with the group most of the time and preserved, as always, the wild circus-like world that exists when he attends. It was another successful ride.

P.S. Newlyweds Hale-the-Younger Craig and Hot-Legs Lindsay wisely stayed in bed and left two hours after the group did, and, unsurprisingly, almost caught up with the group while it was going up the canyon. Let's be clear. This circus lead by its ringleader Big Man is not about speed; it's about singing "Oh What a Beautiful Morning", "God Bless America", and "Take Me Home Country Road", taking pictures of Smokey the Bear and Linda at the Chevron Station handing over the fritters, visiting with campers trying to find peace from the chaos of city life, and enjoying God's magnificent creations with friends.

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