   
Ride 25    
  New Passport Stamp
 Visited
November 1st and 2nd, 1996
November 1, 1996: Holden to Beaver, Utah
November 2, 1996: Beaver to Parowan, Utah
Millard, Beaver, and Iron Counties
25 Passport Stamps to Date of 29
Route
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| November 1st: South
from Holden on I-15 to Fillmore, then south to Beaver |
| November 2nd: South
on I-15 from Beaver to Paragonah and Parowan |
Hwy. 153 going east from Beaver to Elk Meadows is part of
the National Scenic Byways.
Hwy. 143 going south from Parowan to Cedar Breaks National
Monument then east on Hwy. 14 to Long Valley Jct. (Kane County)
is part of the National Scenic Byways.
Passport Stamps
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| Time |
Distance |
Location: UMCA Witness |
Stamps: New counties
are bold |
November 1st:
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10:35 AM |
0 miles |
Holden Y Service: Holden ,
Utah |
Millard County Witness Signature
on UMCA Form |
|
11:20 AM |
10.4 miles |
Territorial Statehouse: Fillmore,
Utah |
Millard County on UMCA Form |
|
4:00 PM |
65.2 miles |
Paradise Inn: Beaver, Utah |
Beaver County stamp
on Passport and on UMCA Form |
November 2nd:
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|
8:53 AM |
65.3 miles |
Paradise Inn: Beaver, Utah |
Beaver County on UMCA
Form |
|
11:37 AM |
101.0 miles |
Swiss Village Inn: Parowan,
Utah |
Iron County samp on
Passport and on UMCA Form |
|
12:00 PM |
102.6 miles |
Picked up in Parowan |
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About the UMCA - Ultra Marathon Cycling
Association
Cycling Statistics
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| Total Trip Miles |
102.6 Miles |
|
Elevation Gain |
3.930 Feet |
| Year to Date Miles |
4.017.0 Miles |
|
Year to Date Gain |
124,900 Feet |
| Elevation Gain: Nov. 1st: 2,870
Feet - Nov. 2nd: 1,060 Feet |
Ride Notes
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This was a continuation of Ride Number 9 to Delta,
Utah and Ride Number 16 from Delta to Holden, Utah. Since
I had been to Holden we decided to drive there in the morning.
Because of several problems we were late and I wasn't able to
leave until after 10:30. With the change from Daylight Savings
Time, this was like leaving at 11:30. In my hurry I didn't get
enough sleep or food the day before or Friday morning. All of
this caused me to have a hard time both days of this ride. The
hills to Beaver were hard and the cold made me very stiff.
Over the pass ahead of Beaver I could see signs of a very
large forest fire from this last summer. For miles I could still
smell smoke as I rode. I was hoping to get to Parowan, but thought
it would be better to stop in Beaver.
This is a fire that I would see on my ride the next week looking
north from above Kanab.
The next day I started from Beaver. As I went around a turn,
the warning grooves at the side of the shoulder to wake people
up if they fall asleep became the width of of the shoulder. This
makes for hard riding on a bike! To make it worse, I had lost
my rear-view mirror, so I was not able to ride in the right traffic
lane because I couldn't see who was coming up behind me. I had
to really strain to look back to watch the traffic.
As I neared the turnoff to Parowan I knew that I wasn't going
to be able to go much farther. Even after riding nearly two hours,
it was still cold enough that the water from a farmers sprinkling
system in Paragonah was turning to ice before it hit the ground
and fence posts. I took a few photos through this area and headed
to Parowan where I waited for my wife. I was able to add two
new counties but "I had had it!"
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