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If you have a favorite ride post something about that ride. I have many Garmin tracks. Riding the Legacy, Jordan, Bonneville shoreline, Antelope Island, Gosseberry Mesa, as seen in the photo above, Saltair, MS 150, Salt Lake Bike Marathon just to name a few.
Many of my rides are 1 1/2 hours plus and ranging from 15 to 25 for the mountain bike for parkway routes. Shoreline 8-10 miles.
Road bike times are longer with mileages 35-60 once I get into the season.
Riding for me is not just excersise, so no time contstraints when ever possible, most of the time.



Monday, January 2, 2012

Legacy to Jordan all most a reality


On December 30th the weather was very nice, perfect for a bike ride. Why not take a ride along the Jordan River going north to Redwood Road where the two trails Legacy and Jordan join. 

What I found was the river now has a new steel bridge that crosses the river and joins legacy.  To access the bridge you cross Redwood Road going west , then turn north following the new trail to the bridge with a final turn to the left. Continuing north on the legacy trail you find a nicely paved trail with unfinished sides of the trail, about two thirds of the way north on the paved trail you find the starting of a plank bridge that goes across the water area that's yet unfinished but from the photo I have enclosed looks to be not too far from being done. 

With the warm weather we've been having I would not be surprised to see this done in the next month or so providing the program is on track and no overruns have been incurred. 

Once this project is completed the ride from the north end of Farmington to the South in the Salt Lake Valley at Gardner Village should be one of the great scenic rides of the Valley. Add in the vision of being able to ride from Saratoga Springs North to Farmington station and then take the rail trail from there north into the areas of Syracuse and Ogden. 

No excuses now anyone that wants to ride the trail can find an access point along the way, choosing a ride as far or as short as they like exiting the trail at any one of the locations for rest stops and shopping opportunities. 

I look forward to riding the trail again when the weather is a little bit better hopefully running into some of the riders that I've seen over the past years and enjoying a  conversation with each of them, I always welcome conversation so if you see me out there give a shout I would love to chat.
Log in to the blog and add your adventures, or send me the information to the email below and I will post it for you,  Happy New Year!  Ride more and work less.....

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