Utah State Road Biker

Last Wednesday, I started my seven on, which usually means that I don't get much riding in. Even when I do, it is usually a really short ride like 15 miles or so. However, on the 21st of July, my Paternal Grandfather passed away. I got funeral leave from work and had Sunday night off so I could go to his viewing Sunday night and his funeral Monday morning. I took advantage and woke up early Monday morning and headed to SR-209 aka 9000 S in Sandy. This route starts at SR-48 (New Bingham Hwy) and crosses SR-154 (Bangerter Hwy), SR-68 (Redwood Rd), I-15, US-89 (State St) and SR-71 (700 E) finally ending at SR-210 (Little Cottonwood Canyon). I started from my home on about 8300 S and State about 7:45 and rode almost a mile to 9000 S then headed West. From State street heading west, this route is kind of scary for about 3/4 of a mile because there is no bike lane and lots of traffic, but it is pretty flat, so you can knock it out quick. The route then drops down towards the Jordan Ri

Okay, so I haven't OFFICIALLY started riding the highways yet. BUT, I have been doing more research into the designated state highways of Utah. As I said before, there are a lot of designated roads. I have been working on a word document so I can get an idea of exactly how many there are, and where they all are so I can plan accordingly. Using information from the before mentioned links to Wikipedia and UDOT's site, I have in my word document, the number, termini, and length of 116 highways starting with SR-7 and ending with SR-145. I think I am about halfway through transferring the info, and it is pretty boring. Add to that the fact that I am exceptionally curious so when I see one that I don't know about, I go to Google maps and look for it so it is taking a lot longer than I think it needs to. It's also kind of frustrating. I thought that riding all of the highways would be a GRAND adventure, but a good chunk of the "designated state highways" are

Okay, this is like the third blog I have started, the other two failed to launch after one or two posts. I think my problem is that I never really had anything to blog about. My life is what I would believe pretty boring to other people, so why write about something that even I think is boring? Well... I found something and it is FREAKING cool. My lovely wife, Kathy Jo: and I love to travel and see things. Just last weekend, we went and saw two plays at the Shakespearean Festival and went mountain biking on a sweet trail near Bryce Canyon called Thunder Mountain. Once upon a time while traveling, I thought it would be a good idea to set a goal to drive on all of Utah's Designated state routes. Not a bad idea right? For those who like to travel and see things, this could be a great adventure. Well, while driving to Cedar Breaks National Monument, I got the same travel bug but this time it hit me: What could be better than driving all of Utah's Highways? How about ROAD BIKING al