End: Salt Lake City, UT
Distance today: 81.3
Total: 2890.3
Wow. This morning was one of those days that makes any trouble or difficulties we've had completely worth it! Near the campground last night was one of those signs warning trucks about a downhill. It said 7 miles. It lied. We ended up riding 16 miles downhill to get to Heber!
Riding down into Heber, all you can see in front of you are the Wasatch mountains (home to such ski resorts as Alta and Park City). Looking at those mountains, it's difficult to not get a little depressed about having to climb over them... Unless you happen to turn slightly south onto Provo Canyon road, and go straight through them downhill the whole way!!!
By noon, we had covered 50 miles, all but 8 of which were down hill (the other 8 were flat)... And not just down hill, but downhill through gorgeous mountains, streaked with different color rock layers, sprinkled with autumn reds and oranges, and topped off with clouds that I'll leave to the picture to describe.
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Wow. Friggin' fantastic.
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