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Published: March 27th 2008
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Last day at Jackson
The drive round the mountain was scary. So after it dumped loads in Jackson, we went boarding for one more day. The drive around the mountain in the morning was very scary as the roads were completely covered in snow and as I had no snow chains had to drive really slowly. Kelly kept telling me I was going too fast! The last day riding was excellent though. The snow was 18 inches deep and there was powder everywhere. I did quite a bit of filming and managed to crash a few times. At the end of the day taking off my boots I noticed blood all over my socks and down my leg. One crash with Kelly had cut both of my shins quite badly. Oh well. It was still a great day.
Check out my Ski Sunday style short video of Jackon Hole here. (23Mb file)
Steve Jackson Hole We left Jackson the following day and headed to Salt Lake City. The drive was about 4 hours and most of it was through yet more snow (I have never seen so much snow!) We pulled over in a really small town (population 103) to grab petrol. The locals were all wearing cowboy hats and one of them even
Last day at Jackson
Kelly on the lift. Lots and lots of powder. had chaps on his legs- not for a joke either they were proper cowboys. They really do work with all that gear on out here. Lot’s of farming I imagine?
Salt Lake City was a strange place, very big, the roads have about five lanes on each side - it takes about a minute to cross the road! It has mountains all around it. There are about six of seven ski resorts to go to. Unfortunately, because of my legs I couldn’t go up. Quite frustrating as our hotel kept a board out the front that told you how much snow had fallen on each mountain every day. The average was 10 inches. Solitude and Brighton looked the best. Maybe next time I’ll get a chance to ride them.
We hung around over the weekend and stayed until St Patricks day. That night we went to a rubbish piano bar where two guys played any song you wanted on piano, if you didn’t like the song you could pay them to stop playing it. It happened once when they started playing a Madonna track. We left after a while and went to an Irish bar that was completely packed.
St Patricks Day
In Salt Lake City. That was a green beer I was drinking Everyone was hammered and I drank a green beer.
We also went to the first ever KFC opened in the whole world! I don’t think we have had a more depressing meal in our lives. The KFC had an all you can eat buffet inside it that had all the KFC chicken, salad bar and mash potatoes etc (they have much more in KFC over here). As it was only $7.00 we had to go for it. When we sat down we looked around at the other people in there. All I can say is, I understand why they have a weight problem in America! People were eating about 15 pieces of chicken each!! We only had a few pieces of chicken and had to leave. It could have put me off KFC for life!
The next day we left for Moab - also in Utah - a mountain biking mecca! The drive, again, was about four hours. The scenery was once again fantastic. At first loads of snow as usual then all of a sudden the scenery became very flat and dry. Huge rocks and ridges started popping up. I noticed the temperature gauge go from 30 up to
The first ever KFC!
Depressing or what! If you look carefully enough you might be able to read the sign above the door. 60 degrees Fahrenheit within a few hours. As we arrived into Moab we stopped for some food and were glad to be out in the sun with T-shirts on. Moab seems like a really cool place. It’s like a surf town but nowhere near any sea (or water for that matter). There are loads of mountain bike shops and, at the moment, loads of jeeps driving around. There is a jeep festival going on over the next few days out in the canyons. Hopefully we’ll be able to see them and get a few pictures. Some of the jeeps look really fun to drive. We picked up a couple of mountain bikes we headed off to one of the easier trails just outside of The Arches National Park. The ride was really great. Dirt tracks most of the way but loads of rock to ride onto. Very strange terrain, it looks like the surface of the moon. We managed to get around that trail in an hour or so, and then went into The Arches National Park to have a look around. The place is huge and we definitely needed a car. The views are truly stunning. We stopped around
Steve riding
off into the wilderness... the park and decided to do a little hike up to the Delicate Arch (the Arch that is shown on the Utah car number plates). The guide book told us it would be a 3 hours round hike. We managed it in one hour forty five, but we were knackered. It was a lot higher than we thought it would be. Once at the top we took a few pictures. Unfortunately the photo’s don’t really show how high up we were and how steep the drop off the sides are. It was high! Fantastic place to sit and rest though.
We went out again on the second day for another ride this time to an intermediate trail called Klondike Bluffs. It was a gruelling uphill ride, mainly over rocks and a bit of sand that took about 2 hours. The ride back down was excellent though - Kelly enjoyed that part.
We returned the bikes and headed off to Monument Valley to take in the sights and find a place to stay.
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Kaz & Rich
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Keep on blogging!!
This is great, Rich only just told me it exist, so I'm a bit slow on the uptake!! Looks like your having a wikcked time and great to see it all as it happens. Feel like a bit of a dinosaur tho, all our travelling is written down in books/on print outs of e-mails we sent home!!! Love to you both, Enjoy!!! x x x