We have arrived in Moab

Yippee! We have arrived in Moab! Our first big goal for this trip, we have achieved. We felt elated, pulling in this now familiar town. We treated ourselves to lunch at Zax.

We are camped at Moonflower Canyon, a gorgeous SHADY canyon along the Colorado River. We will be resting and hanging out until Ken meets us and we get ready to paddle down the Green River.

Martine

Mechanical problems

Yesterday, to get to Moab, we pedaled along the Colorado River. I had been looking forward to pedaling that section for weeks, it is such a gorgeous drive.
So when I heard POW! I knew it was Sylvie's trail a bike tire and that we had no more spare, so felt infinitely sad, so close to our goal, that we were going to have to catch a ride :( ...

Well, my wonderful resourceful McIver husband saved the day by cutting a section of a larger spare tire and lining the blown out tire: It worked, we made it!

Cut out tire

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Desert flower

We are excited to be on Moab at the magical Moonflower Campground.

Pizza to celebrate

Martine and Sylvie

We bike through a wonderland

Sylvie the lizard whisperer

Following the Colorado

The Colorado

Which we will follow to Moab

Morning at roadside campsite

Roadside campsite

Martine

Cisco

No services here

Back on backroads

Near the ghost town of Cisco.

Sky

after Fruta

We left Fruta with close to 60 pounds of water. We will be on the road for 2 or 3 days with no services on our way to Moab. We travel the interstate for a while as this is the only road. We find it alot more pleasant than expected. The shoulder is huge and the drivers very courteous.

Drive through cash

It would be better if it was free

Faerie tree

Moonflower Faeries

Sunday afternoon after the fair

Tomorrow we bike again. Yahooooooo

Mirage

Nous sommes maintenant dans le désert, au pays des canyons et des mirages...Les prochains jours seront probablement très chauds. Nous quitterons Fruita demain matin et serons à Moab dans 2-3 jours.

Il y aura peu de points d'eau potable le long de la route alors nous devons (Andy) transporter notre eau potable pour 3 jours; ce sera une bonne pratique pour l'Arizona.

Ça fait presque 2 mois qu'on est partis. C'est étonnant comme on s'adapte rapidement à un nouveau train de vie, et surtout d'observer les filles; c'est comme si elles avaient voyagé en vélo toute une vie.

Je suis reconnaissante chaque jour que notre famille ait la santé de continuer à vélo.

Martine

PS Bonjour Oncle Serge

At the dinosaur museum

Martine, Sylvie and Lily at the dinosaur museum

Andy at the museum

Sylvie at Eurobungy

Lily does Eurobungy

Watching parade

Free market Republicans lead the parade

Going to the fair

Red hills of Colorado National Monument behind.

Walking to the Fruta parade

Just outside the hotel

Our baggage Cart

We planned on camping but a variety of circumstance brought us to the Super 8. The girls love the pool.
The hotel cost us marginally more than the gravel at the RV Park would have. The State Park Campground was full. The fair is in town this weekend. We are happy to find rest after 50 miles of biking with 3000 ft up ( a little less) and 4000 ft down. Tomorrow we explore the dinosaur museum and the fair.

Another flat

All in stride.

Beautiful roadside flowers

Beautiful countryside and great shoulder

One of three flats

The first flats since leaving Canada

Cutie pie Sylvie

Going Down

The beginning of our 4000 ft descent. Yahoooooo

Picnic on the pass

A nice oil worker named Cesar offered us a ride the last mile. We accepted.

Walking part of Douglas pass

Much of the pass is over 7% grade. Biking anything over 6% is rather challenging with our rigs.

We met this dog (Louie) at a rest stop

The girls say hi to all the animals we meet along the way: cats, dogs, horses
Just to name a few

Packing up

Looking up the valley

Packing up

Looking down the valley

A cold and frosty morning

Improvised dinner table

Beautiful growing things

Another beautiful campsite

Making shade

We camp with the cows in open range to rest before the pass.