Saturday, May 28 - Zion N.P. to St. George
This was supposed to be an easy day gliding down 2,000 feet of elevation change from the park to St. George. Needless to say there were a few large rollers in the way.
We packed up camp and said good bye to Jes and his girl friend and we were off.
We grabbed a great breakfast at Wildcat Willie's just outside of the park in Springdale, home of the Bumbleberry shake and Bumbleberry Pie.
We cruised into Hurricane and grabbed a D.C. at McDonald's. We started at McDonald's, we had to end at McDonald's.
After conquering the brutal grade between Hurricane and St. George, Spencer was bound and determined to try a "short cut". Are you kidding me??!!??
At the tail end of this Odysey and he expects me to climb a 12 percent grade to the city dump and then take this dirt road down to the river (giving up all of our elevation earned from the previous hour of climbing). All to get to a bike trail and that he and I had scouted out a few months ago, but never found the connector. Well fortunately he was right! We followed the Virgin river to the confluence of the Santa Clara and then up to home!
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