Lost

So although I have been out to the local trail network (Lunch Loops) frequently, Heather has only been a few times. Those were mostly just the smallest loops for lunchtime getaways. There is actually a quite large network of trails available there, most of them quite challenging. Last weekend we decided to spend our biking day close to home (the Lunch loops trail head is about 4 miles from our house). One good/bad thing about the trails is that we have a very avid trail maintenance and development organization here in Junction: the trails get good upkeep, but they frequently change location and routing. Just in the past year they have opened about seven new trail sections, closed two, and rerouted numerous areas due to erosion.
Grandma came over and we loaded up Utah and went out for a medium/long ride of about 12 miles. We got lost. Five miles from home and we got lost. Unlike many trails though, it was hard to get too stressed about it as we could often see the town down below us.
The tall black building is St. Mary's Hospital which is about .5 miles from our house. Here's another view of town.
One with Heather
Since we live in a valley, pretty much everything goes UP on the way out and DOWN on the way back.
Maybe next time
After about four hours we had gone 12 miles and ended up on a totally different road than we came in on. It was also getting dark. Fortunately we were only a couple of miles from the truck, so we made it home for chili and cornbread.

Utah had a good time getting lost