Happy Trails

Posted by: Becca & Kyle

Day 1: On Wednesday, we drove from Manitou to Utah.
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On the way, we passed through Vernal, UT, where they have miles and miles of beautiful flower baskets lining the town, and ...
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a pink dinosaur.
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That night we camped at Soldier Creek Reservoir.
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Day 2: The next day, we drove to Boise, ID.
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That night, we camped at Grayback Gulch.
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Day 3: On Friday, we went and rode the bike course for the Xterra Les Bois on Saturday.
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The course was on trails overlooking the Boise River.
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Most nights we cooked dinner in the T@G (we won’t bore you with pictures of our pasta and couscous), but we made sure to eat out once in each town we visited. That night, we ate at Fork in downtown Boise.
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We had Thai curry mussels,
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and trout with mango salsa on a parsnip puree,
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and a BAM (bacon, avocado, and mozzarella) sammy.
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Day 4: Saturday was race day.
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After the race, we headed up into the mountains and camped near Bogus Basin, the local ski area.
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We had great views from our campsite.
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And, a wicked awesome sunset.
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Day 5: Sunday morning, we rode the amazing trails around Bogus Basin.
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After the ride, we headed to Ketchum and Sun Valley, ID.
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We camped along the Corral Creek with a view of the Sun Valley ski area.
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Day 6: On Monday morning, we rode the Bald Mountain perimeter loop. The trails were great and the views were impressive.
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Dinner was at the Ketchum Grill, where we had duck
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and meatloaf.
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Day 7: On Tuesday, we headed to the Sawtooth Mountains.
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Where we went for a hike in the Sawtooth Wilderness Area.
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We hiked up to Alpine Lake
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and then on to Sawtooth Lake,
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where we had lunch
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and a very cold swim.
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Day 8: The next morning, we went for another great Sun Valley ride in the Greenhorn Gulch area.
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Along the ride, we saw a family of pterodactyls.
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After the ride, we drove to Ogden, UT and camped at Magpie Campground.
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Day 9: Thursday we rode from Pineview Reservoir up the Wheeler Creek Trail to trails at the Snowbasin ski area.
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That night, we headed into Ogden for dinner.
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Tempura calamari,
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scallops with squid ink fettuccine,
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and pork two ways that, as far as we could tell, only had pork one way - a pork chop.
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Day 10: Friday morning we drove to Park City to ride the Mid-Mountain Trail.
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That evening we camped along Co-op Creek.
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We were quite sad to see it end, so we drowned our sorrows in the official trip drink - gin and juice (laid back - Chris you know).
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