A ride to Flaming Gorge Dam

Name:	A ride to Flaming Gorge Dam
Details:	Saturday at Dinotrax 2003. I tried to go with the beginners group on Red Canyon Rim Trail, but gave up in about 1/3 of the way. The trail was too rocky for single hand riding. Then I hopped on the higway and rode to the dam. There I got busted by police for stopping in the middle of the dam and taking pictures. They did a background check and let me go. Guess the govt. records on me are not that bad yet. Then I climbed back to Red Canyon Lodge and got caught by two storms in the process. Luckily, I spent both of them under a roof, the first one on the Flaming Gorge Lodge, and the other at the USFS restrooms at the intersections of Hwys. 191 and 43. Quite an eventful ride. As always, click on the little cameras for view from the spot, these and other images are below the map.

Trip Length:	20.76 miles one way to the dam (incl. part of Red Canyon Rim) add another 10 or so miles for the way back
Total Trip Time:	2:49
Total Climbing:	1651 feet
Total Descending:	3119 feet
Average Speed:	7.83 mph

List of pictures (with a couple of extras)

r_cyn1s.jpg 301532 bytes 1965 x 562	r_cyn2s.jpg 245182 bytes 1856 x 485	r_cyn3s.jpg 259967 bytes 1848 x 503
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Hummingbirds at the lodge 75877 bytes 800 x 600	View downriver 147541 bytes 800 x 600	USFS bathroom - good rain shelter 78944 bytes 800 x 600
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