Day 3

This morning's ride to work (a mere 1.6 miles) was delightful due to the early morning rain and crisp air. I had my rain pants on and escaped with only a dozen drops.

After my shift I rode home, cooked half a tombstone pizza and got back on the bike. I'd heard that a section of the Bonneville Shoreline trail connected Logan Canyon to Green Canyon so I wanted to find out. As I geared up I could see the storm clouds heading my way, and combined with not wanting to totally kill myself (I do tend to over-do it, though I prefer to think of my aggressiveness as "carpe diem") I decided I'd just find the trail and maybe get to Green Canyon. Well I found the trail and the access trail was way too steep for the 8 gears of the Madsen to handle so I carted it up to the shoreline. Once on the shoreline I was mostly OK with the rolling gravel path, but a few points were simply too steep for the traction to grasp. Annoyed, I carried on towards Green Canyon. I ended up going 2 miles up the rocky dirt road of the canyon 2 miles. This is a steeper canyon than Logan canyon and the jarring of the rocks made the downhill not unpleasant, but I'll just say I was a bit jealous of the folks flying by on their shocked out bikes. The scenery of this canyon is spectactular, close and very aptly named. I pulled over in one of the camp sites for a rest and granola bar to be surprised by 3 or so bolted sport climbs.

Overall ride stats: 11.1 miles, total ascent: 1962'