The Best Ride Ever

What a ride today. Starts out non-descript as you climb out of Escalante but then---you drop over a hillside into the most beautiful slickrock canyon. You plunge down a road carved out of slickrock down to the river bed where you follow the river on the canyon floor--then you climb outon a road cut out of the walls. You climb up 14% grades to reach the top where you have a magnificant view of the entire valley and much of Escalante itself. If you have never ridden your bike or driven this route--Do so!!! And do so as slowly as you can!! Other than the Grand Canyon--nothing compares to this.
After a pleasant easy climb up to Boulder you then start the climb up to Homestead Overlook where you summit at 9600 feet. This is a beautiful climb with aspen trees and creeks.
Today I road 64 miles with 6220 feet of climbing. That is the most on the ride and I suspect may hold up as the most climbing on any given day of the trip. We will see what the Rockies hold.
We are now heading out to remote areas--we may not have any services for a couple of days.