A Tale of Two Old Trees

My brother Jeff and I went on a bike ride  up Logan canyon. This trail is a must ride classic called Jardine Juniper from the utahmountainbiking.com website. The ride climbs 1800 feet over almost six miles and ends at a 1500 year old juniper tree.

The Spring runoff was in full force and there were several places where you had to either ford a stream for carry your bike over it.

This is just a funny picture of my brother. He looks like one of those Far Side characters.

More runoff

Even though there was A LOT of uphill the trail was very picturesque. The first couple of miles I thought I was going to die which was confirmed to me when I started to taste blood in my mouth but that eventually went away.

With 0.7 miles to our destination our progress was hampered by huge snow drifts that were impassible on a bike. We stashed our bikes in some trees and hiked the rest of the way on foot.

This is why mountain biking is superior to road biking. My wife and I argue about the merits of both sports but the picture speaks for itself.

This is a photo of me and the ancient tree.

My oh so happy bro.

I told my brother that I wanted to get a picture of the two old trees together and he gave me the stink eye.

The "Oh no you di' nt" look. Once we got back to our bikes we had an incredible ride down the 1800 feet we had climbed. By the end we were covered with mud but it was a blast.