Al's Moto Log

Sink Hollow to Beaver Creek with kids!

In my mind, we hit a major moto milestone yesterday. After hitting some trails near Copenhagen Basin a few weeks ago, I decided it was time to take the kids on a trail that I’ve dreamed about taking them for years. It was a little slow going, but the boys needed very little help and Logan is really starting to work the clutch well. Landon just bounced through everything on the little 110 like a champ! They were in a good mood and having fun the whole ride, loved it.

Finally, this is the year where I feel like I can start taking them on rides that I really enjoy as well.

I think the next ride I try with the kids will be Beaver to Glady’s, we’ll have mom drop us off and pick us up down in Fish Haven so we can jump in the lake afterwards. If you have kids and don’t mind going slow, join us!

Posted by al on July 13, 2013 in Trails

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Badlands, Wy with the kids

April 24

We were itching to ride and it was cold in Cache Valley, so we decided to venture out with our friends the Sessions and try a place that Neil’s been before.

After driving for a almost 3 hours, it had warmed up to a balmy 22° and there was still a skiff of fresh snow on the ground. I was nervous that it was going to be way too greasy, but the sun was out and we’d driven a long time, so we were going to try… It took us a little while to get one of the bikes running, but once we did, the moisture had absorbed a little and by the middle of the day, we were having a blast.

It was a fun place to play around, there is a variety of stuff to ride, you can pick your comfort level.

Crew: Neil, Porter, Stone, Logan, Landon and me.

Posted by al on April 24, 2013 in fun, Trails

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Chimney Rock – Spring Season Kickoff

March 31

Three days of epic desert riding near Green River to kick off the 2013 moto season!

Thanks to Ken for being the tour guide, I think we all had a good time and came back tired, sore, with fresh blisters and smiles on our faces.

The videos are longer than I want, but it’s really hard to cut full-day rides down to just a few minutes.

Crew: Brandon, Brock, Ken, Mike, Shane and me.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Itching to ride a lot this year, if you’re heading out, let me know… if I can, I’ll be there.

Posted by al on March 31, 2013 in Trails

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FS Volunteer day and solo ride

September 15

I decided to take my bike with me to the volunteer service day for the forest service, if I’m going to work on the trail, then I should be able to take some time to enjoy it as well. I hate to admit it, but I found the new section from the trailhead up to Steel really fun to ride… if you ride it faster than you really should 🙂

When I took off, I didn’t know how far I wanted to go, but the weather was beautiful and I was having a good time, so I hammered down almost 50 miles (wish that was 50 miles of singletrack, but alas a lot of it was road).

Route: Steel Hollow -> down Richards, all the way -> around and up Seep -> back up Richards to Whites -> out to Mill Hollow (017) -> back and down Card West -> burned the pavement back to RH trailhead. Ended up being really fun.

There were a LOT of ATV/UTV/cars on the road, but I only bumped into two people on the trail, a mountain biker, and a fellow trail rider, Brian G.

Full photo album here.

Posted by al on September 15, 2012 in Trails

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Richards – Whites – Mt Logan with the kids

July 23

So, we watched that Animal Planet episode of “Finding Bigfoot” where they came to Logan canyon and talked to a bunch of people that have seen the elusive beast. The boys and I decided to go out on our own little hunt and I must admit, they have some pretty funny ideas of how a Sasquatch should howl… Full episode here

We had a fun ride down Richards a ways, back up Whites, then we just rode the roads to Mt. Logan for some good views and seat time.