Day 15: Price to Green River: Just desert for dessert

Miles: 67
riding time: 3:51
avg speed: 17.6
max speed: 40
total trip miles: 1090
weather: overcast changing to mostly sunny, 10 mph headwind from SE
Alt: -1500’ up to 4000’ Pictures are here.

Today’s ride was absolutely glorious. We started on wet roads and a little chilly and ended with dry roads and 80 degrees at Green River for Subway and chocolate milk. What else by now?
It is Father's Day and so it was only appropriate that I should thank my heavenly Father for this beauty He's created and made me so I would enjoy it. Evidence to me that He is not only God of creation but a God personally interested in delighting us with what He has created!

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from theFather of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17

Everything in between cannot be described in words so take a look at the pictures. I absolutely love these western landscapes. The many textures dominated by muted browns, grays and reds. The infinite shapes of the mountain silhouettes framed by sky and clouds. And the sky with its changing light and clouds setting the whole scene’s mood. First light and airy and just a little later, heavy and brooding.

Our first activity on arrival at the motel after this glorious ride was getting the morning’s road grit left by still wet roads off the frame, the chain, the sprockets, the shoes and anything else exposed to the spray. And then I waited for the room to be ready—for 2 hours since there was only one guy doing rooms. He hustled, but there are limits.

As many as would fit into the vans were trundled off to Arches for sight seeing. There was a raft trip option offered and then canceled when the heavy rains, so uncharacteristic here this time of year, washed out the road that leads to the launching site.

Supper was at the restaurant across the street overlooking the river. We had a delicious buffet with choice of all sorts of barbecued stuff, great salad bar and wonderful apple pie.

Tomorrow it’s close to another century. Forecast is for hot and more headwind.