After 2 days of rain, it finally looked better outside. Excited about that we grabbed our bikes and headed out to find out what all this talk about the Moab Slick Rock is about. We decided to pick an easier rated loop though and not break any bones on the first day of riding here. We found the "Rockin' A" trail just a few miles north of Moab. It all started out as pretty easy dirt trail, but then the slick rocks started! Never experience anything like that before. The trail was basically a painted line on the rock that zig zagged and looped all over the place. It went up and down, with quick turns, drops and short but steep inclines. This ride was definitely a bit challenging and I'm a little nervous now about riding the famous "Slickrock trail'" since it's rated as much more difficult than the one we did today. I guess I need a few more warm up rides and then just do it.
Btw, while we were riding a storm front started building up and moving into our direction. When we noticed it, it had already come pretty close so we decided to take less pictures and get out as quickly as possible. But we were lucky again, and somehow the dark clouds moved right past us. We could see the rain in the distance, but all we felt was a couple of drops of rain. As soon as we got home, it started pouring again. Third time that happened. Somehow we've been really lucky. Or maybe the rain dance Tommy performed at the Rain God Mesa in Monument Valley scared the Gods so much, that they wanna avoid us at all cost. Who knows. We just hope the weather is gonna hold up for the rest of the week…..because our 4 day canoe trip is coming up on Wednesday!!!!!
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