Bobsledding Gypsies

This morning we woke up to another sunny, hot day in St. George.  We decided to say goodbye with another run of the Bearclaw/Poppy trail before things got too hot.  We packed everything up at the van and then got on our bikes for the 11 mile loop.   It was a great ride and better earlier in the day when it was cool.  Once we got back, it was time for another “Huggie” wipe shower and then we began driving north.

On the trip home, we discussed our plans for the upcoming year.  One thing we’ve discovered as we travel is that it’s actually cheaper to live on the road than at home.  In tight economic times this is important.  The other thing we’ve discovered is that we don’t really want to stop traveling.  The third thing we’ve decided is that this has been a fairly expensive spring for us, and our savings for NYC hasn’t grown as fast as we’d like.

So we made a decision.  We are officially going to delay our trip to NYC for one year.  Instead beginning in September we are hitting the road full time.  We’re planning the trip now and will post more on our travel page in a few days, but we’re going to take Frank and explore the US.  We’ll drive the coasts from Acadia to the Florida Keys to the bayous and over to Baja and the Pacific Northwest.  In between we’ll blog about the people, places and events we find.  We’re keeping our eyes open for unique festivals and cool places so please send any suggestions you have!

While it’s hard to postpone NYC once more, the timing just doesn’t seem right quite yet.  There is still too much to see before settling down in one place again.  So NYC has turned into a Fall 2010 event.  Meanwhile our great American journey continues.

We celebrated our decision with a stop in Salt Lake.  Here we drove through the city and high into the hills.  We then pedaled up to the top of the Bonneville Shoreline (the original lake shoreline of Salt Lake region, millions of years ago) and dropped back into the Valley via the Bobsled Run.  This short 1.6 mile twisty track is a blast.  Tim dubbed it one of the very best rides he’s done all trip.  Options include jumping ancient abandoned cars in the middle of the track or just flying up the 20 foot banked turns.  We both shot out the bottom and laughed our way to the car.  Next we had the rare treat of a Cracker Barrel dinner and then off to Jackson where we’ll plan our next gypsy adventures.