Bear Lake Bike Camp

Every year we take a week to go to Bear Lake for a long family reunion on my wife's side.   Though this is meant to be a relaxing vacation it's common knowledge in my immediate family that I will be taking full advantage of the off time to ride my bike.  Jen affectionately calls it Bike Camp instead of a vacation.  So, even with the time off we'll be the first ones up in the rented house for our early morning rides.  Jen will go with me on the days she doesn't run but otherwise they are long mornings alone on the bike, riding along the lake or up Logan canyon.  It's beautiful and fun for the first couple of days but by day 5 I long for the roads back home.  There's just not a lot of variation in terrain and the traffic is terrible for being in such a small town environment.  We had our fun but I was glad to get home.  I'm learning that were we live is really ideal for road biking.  It may just be that I know the area so well but the roads I ride have hardly zero traffic and the terrain is always going up or down with a few areas where you can ride on flat roads if you want too.


The above is an example of my typical morning ride ad Bear Lake.  This one was done on the day the Tour de France climbed Alpe d'huez twice on stage 18, so I climbed Logan Canyon twice in tribute.  Like the title suggests, it was a sad tribute.

Headed around the lake.  They had a large section with loose gravel that made for miserable riding.  Still, the scenery is amazing. 

I took a few days rest after Bear Lake and I've been working my way into another training block since.  Ultimate Challenge is less than 2 weeks away now and Lotoja is less than 6.  I'm getting excited and I plan on doing some longer training rides in the coming week.  Nothing too crazy.  Just some good climbing up Alpine and Little Cottonwood Canyons.