Fall Colors in the Mountains, and Disaster...

The trees have started to change in the Salt Lake Valley and the temp has started dropping at night, so the snow isn't too far off.  Means we're running out of time to get out on the mountain bike.  And I needed a break from marathon training.  Got 20 miles in on Tuesday, special thanks to the asshole that took a shit in the drinking fountain at mile 13 of the Draper trail.  Very classy. Back to mountain biking, Zane and I decided sneak in a ride on the Crest Trail this morning.

It was only 45 degrees when I got up and moving, so it was time to break out the down puffy coat.  We almost didn't make it out to ride thanks to a Marathon going on in Big Cottonwood Canyon, we had to follow a shuttle car to get up to the top of Guardsman Pass.  The weather was perfect and the trail was in great shape.

Then things went down hill, literally.  We finished all of the uphill sections of the trail and were ripping back down towards Mill Creek when my luck ran out.  We were on a ridge and I was checking out the view over into Park City, not quite paying enough attention and BAMMM!! over the handle bars at 20mph.  My right elbow looks like a great white shark got at it and took out a big chunk.  Although my iphone was kind enough to break my fall, thank iphone.  Zane, the eternal park ranger had some band aids, so we rubbed some dirt in it and slapped on a band aid and got back at it, we had 16 miles to go.  Trip to the hospital for stitches, TBD.  Check back next week.

We got into Mill Creek and the colors were amazing.  It was like riding through a tunnel of fire.  Very pretty colors.  Zane, being a good friend, decided to make me feel better about my boner of a crash and went over the handlebars while messing with his bike computer.  Not nearly as bad as mine, but nothing good happens when you fly over the handlebars.  All in all we had a great ride, I'm hoping we can squeeze one more in before the snow start falling in the higher elevations.

Off to a classy dinner and a good soak in the hot tub with my lovely wife.