MOAB bike trip day 1

Sally, Chance and I flew into Salt Lake City May 10th. We originally planned to ride in Moab's Grand Fondo but the route had an elevation change of over 5000'.  We are flatlander that ride skinny tires in  Georgia and Florida.  We chickened out and decided to Mountain bike in the area instead.

Moab is an incredible place.  For the adventurers there are mountain bike trails that are considered to be some of the best in the world.  For roadies there are some great routes that offer incredible scenic views.  Mountain climbing, skydiving, ballooning as well as Colorado river rafting  are all activities that are in Moab.  The most popular activity which I have not mentioned is four wheeling on the solid slickrock that makes up Moab's scenic views.  This was my second trip and I am not one who returns to places I have vacationed before but Moab is like Disney you can stay a month and not do it all.

Day one - Drive from SLC to Moab through Provo, Price and Helper, UT.

Views from the car.

  In Provo we diverted to Bridal Vail falls to hike up to the base. This was a surprise for Sally and Chance who were along for the ride.  We then stopped in Price for a Mexican lunch that ended up as a feast.

 Another side excursion was a ghost town called Sergo.  There is a active town that looks like Radiator Springs but the remains of sergo are north about 5 miles.  The old coal mining town left some ruins and a number of ancient Petroglyphs. There are few internet sites that explain Sergo.  We arrived into Moab in the late evening and went to the local brewhouse which ended day1.