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• Colorado National
  Monument -

  Last weekend was
  the one weekend I had scheduled to ride
  in the desert this fall. It was a bust.
  A bunch of folks went, and a few of us
  got out on a short ride Saturday morning
  (on the Western Zip trail at the
  Bookcliffs north of Fruita) before the
  rain started. Except for Bill and Cher
  and me, everyone decided to drive home
  where the weekend weather forecast was
  better. The 3 of us spent Saturday
  mostly under a tarp at our fine campsite
  with good views of the
  Bookcliffs.

  .

  On Sunday we decided
  it was too muddy to ride the adobe soil
  of the Boofcliffs. We drove to Loma to
  ride the river loops, but that seemed
  too muddy as well. Lots of people were
  riding, but it seemed bad for the trails
  and bad for the bicycles as well. We
  decided to ride the ~34 mile paved loop
  clockwise through Colorado National
  Monument. Julie and I rode this loop
  once before years ago in the opposite
  direction. It's better clockwise since
  you get to ride closer to the cliff
  edge, and there seems to be more miles
  of downhill (paid for by a steeper climb
  of course).

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