Went with Jolene to get a guided tour from Patty of the Onion days race course and some other fun single tracks in Payson. When we left it was very cool outside, so I took arm warmers and two jackets just in case. By the time we got to Payson it was warm and I only needed my arm warmers for a short period of time.
We parked somewhere near the bottom of the canyon and rode up the rode toward the single track. On the way up we passed by some cows. The first set thought nothing of us, the second one looked and me, paniced and ran up the bank, then saw Jolene and ran across the road and up a steep embankment. Then we scared another group of cows that ended up running up the road, across the road and up a very steep embankment. I guess we looked pretty scarey.
It wasnt' long before we got to the single track, and started having even more fun. However, we did not get very far before Patty's front brake broke of her handlebar. Normally I have electric tape, and slip ties, but I of course just changed bike bags and did not put these things back in. Jolene started to search through her camel back to see what she could find. She looked and looked, and after she had pulled almost everything out I came up with a great idea. Check it out--we used my ponytail holder to hold it in place.
And of course we had to get pictures of each other while looking at the views.
Jolene working with her camera.
The ride got better and better and of course I forgot to take more pictures. We ended with a fun downhill to the car, where off to the right were a bunch of wild turkeys (no pics). Now I just need to convince Patty to show me more trails up there.
