The First Leg

The first leg of the trip has gone well. A pre-dawn departure an hour later than initially planned was cause for some anxiety but the day unfolded without incident. That is good because there was certainly a good amount of anxiety leading up to the departure date. This is the first of these trips out to the mountains in which I will be sleeping in my tent and I fussed about picking at things worried that I forgot something of importance that I would not realize I needed until I was setting up camp in Utah. We will see if those were worries worth the time tomorrow.

On the camping …. the first place I had intended to stay told me about a month ago that I should not have to worry about reserving a tent camping spot so, I didn’t. On getting to St. Louis yesterday afternoon something told me to call and ask again rather than just showing up at the end of a long ride from Denver and it is a good thing too because I learned that they had indeed sold out on Saturday and Sunday which were my intended dates of stay.

That threw a monkey wrench in the works of the itinerar I had planned out so I had to jumble things about a bit and start with Moab on Saturday and Sunday before riding out to Zion on Monday. Oh, speaking of which, here is the intended route of travel …..

I left Cleveland yesterday, Thursday May 21, today I travel on to Denver where I am looking forward to spending some time with my friends Terry and Claudia. Saturday I will go to Moab Utah where I will spend a couple of days hiking through Canyonlands and Arches National Parks before heading out to Zion on Monday. I hope to stay in the area on Monday and Tuesday but I will have to check and see if that pans out. It is possible that I will still get to go to New Mexico as planned, but, I am being flexible and waiting to see what the days to come have in store for me.
For now, I need to boogie out of here and get rolling towards Denver!