After a year and a half of having my motorcycle, I finally convinced Kristin to go on a ride with me. Kristin had received a 2 hour baby sitting from our neighbors and she decided to use this to go on a ride. We originally planned to go up American Fork Canyon. But when I got home this was the view of Alpine and the canyon from in front of our house:
Because of the fire, the canyon was closed. So instead we decided to ride out west of Utah Lake. Below is the route we followed:
When we were out west of the lake we stopped for a rest and took some pictures. Kristin wanted proof that she went on a ride. You could really see the smoke from the fire.
When we got out by Pelican Point, we went went off of Redwood Road and went up behind it on a dirt road. This was where we had a couple months back camped with the father and son's outing. When we got back behind the mountain, there was a steep road up to the top of a hill. It didn't look too bad but as we got about 3/4 of the way up, I realized that this bike is a lot heavier than my dirt bike and I also had 2 people on it. It was close but we made it to the top without falling. The views from the top were pretty amazing.
I was pretty nervous coming down the hill so Kristin graciously walked down while I brought the bike down very slowly, I about went over a couple times on the way down. I think I will leave hill climbing to the dirt bike.
On the way home we had a few minutes so we stopped at Arctic Circle for a shake. It was a fun date and nice to go for a ride with Kristin. She said it was a lot better than she had anticipated and said she would go again. :)
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