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Saturday, July 12, 2008
We woke up early and had a nice ride; 5 miles of it was on a bike trail among the majestic red sculpted rock towers in Bryce Canyon, beautiful. One good thing about the ride today was it was overcast most of the way so we never got too hot. At the nice little town of Tropic, population 508, we stopped and the kids bought souvenirs- gold flakes in a bottle of oil. Later on when we were riding together, the kids and I had a contest to see who could blow off the large (biggest I ever saw) dandelion seeds with the fewest blows-winners, Willie and I- one blow. We put in a lot of miles today and the last mile was real tough, but we all made it without walking. We pitched the tent in a nice sheltered spot near the top of the summit among some trees off the road and out of sight. The ground was so soft the tent stakes didn’t work, as I had to use sticks. We cooked scrambled eggs and hot dogs. We planned for a big day tomorrow and prepared the tent for rain, but it didn’t come. 77 miles.