Sunday, June 22, 2008

Favorite Bike Rides

I fell in love with biking as a 5-year-old on Brookhaven Street in Garden Grove, CA. My parents told me of guys that rode their bikes from Garden Grove to Salt Lake City. I was amazed. We circled our cul de sac pretending each loop was a mile trying to make it all the way to Utah.
  1. Circle Oahu, HI
  2. Oregon Coast, Brookings - Astoria
  3. STP, Seattle - Portland
  4. Climb Haleakala, Paia to Summit, HI
  5. Ice Fields Parkway, Canmore - Jasper, Alberta, Canada
  6. Going to Sun road, Glacier NP, MT
  7. Beartooth Highway, Cooke City - Red Lodge, MT
  8. Circle Lake Tahoe, CA, NV
  9. Ride the Rockies, Cortez - Golden, CO
  10. Wasatch Crest, Guardsmans pass - Holladay, UT
  11. Blacksmith Fork Canyon, Logan - Hardware Ranch, UT
  12. St George - Zion NP, Snow Canyon - Veyo, UT
  13. Lanikai Loop, Kailua, HI
  14. Makapuu beach, HI
  15. SLC, UT canyons: Little Cottonwood, Big Cottonwood, Milcreek, Alpine Loop - American Fork, Hobble Creek
  16. Yellowstone NP, East entrance to West Thumb, WY
  17. Teton NP, Moose to String lake, WY
  18. Ride the Rockies, Glenwood Springs Loop, Maroon Bells
  19. Across USA: Anacortes, WA - York Beach, ME
  20. Veyo Loop from St George
  21. Hwy 12: Escalante to Torrey, UT
  22. Catalina Highway up Mt Lemmon, Tucson AZ

Monday, June 16, 2008

Favorite Hikes

In my 28th year, we moved to Colorado Springs. The 40+ mountain ranges of Colorado enticed me to get out and explore as I never felt before.
1. Kalalau trail, Na Pali coast, Kauai: 22 miles
2. Grand Canyon, Rim to Rim, north to south: 24 miles


3. Teton Traverse, Teton Campground to Jenny Lake, Wyoming: 23 miles4. Wind River Mtns, Cirque of the Towers, Wyoming: 22 miles
5. Routeburn track, South Isle, NZ: 20 miles
6. Waipio – Waimanu valleys, Big Island: 18 miles
7. Haleakala summit to Oheo gulch campground, Maui: 35 miles
8. Nualolo – Awaawapuhi rim, Kauai: 10 miles
9. Zion Narrows, Virgin river, Utah: 14 miles
10. Angels Landing, ZNP, Utah: 5 miles
11. Half Dome, Yosemite NP, California, 18 miles
12. Maroon Bells circuit, Colorado: 32 miles
13. Ediza Lake, Mammoth, CA 15 miles

14. Harding Ice Field, AK 8 miles
15. Subway, Zion NP, UT 9 miles