Weekly Newsletter: March, 16th-22nd, 2026

This week, Keith went on a long ride to Corner Canyon 😅, Keith may have found his next bike race 🌭, and our friend Randy visited us from Montana 👋.

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Post 9: Adventures and Away Time in Arizona

Keith and Lindsey spent time in Oro Valley following Keith’s completion of the Tour Divide. This was a time of rest and exploring the area before returning to Utah.

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A long ride to Corner Canyon 🚵 😅

The warm weather has been beautiful all week! 😎 Keith has been enjoying the sunshine by taking on some long rides. This week, Keith rode a long loop from our home in Orem, UT all the way to Corner Canyon in Draper, UT.

Keith was able to make really good time thanks to a light tailwind. 🌬️ Keith climbed the Corner Canyon climbing trails up to the top of the bike park. From there, he traversed the singletrack trails to the Maple Hollow South downhill park on the American Fork side of the mountain. Keith then descended the Vertigo downhill trail before heading back home.

All in all, Keith rode 65.49 miles (105.40 kilometers), not 65.5 miles as Lindsey likes to remind Keith 🤣, with 2,641 feet (805 meters) or climbing.

Keith's next bike race? 🌭 🍕

Keith thinks he has found his next bike race! This May, Keith plans to take on the Great Glizzy Gauntlet, a 100 mile, 10 Costco legendary ride! 🤣

This ride will be very different from any other "race" that Keith has participated in. During this race, each participant must navigate to each of the 10 Costcos, and eat one of the available menu items. This means that Keith will need to eat some combination of 10 hotdogs 🌭, 10 pizza slices 🍕, etc. It will be very interesting to see who else shows up for this race.

Randy visited us from Montana 🛣️ 👨‍🦰

Our friend Randy visited us this week! 😄 We last saw Randy when we visited him for a few hours as we traveled to Banff, AB for the start of the 2025 Tour Divide race.

Welcome dinner at Little India in American Fork, UT 🍛 🇮🇳

After catching up for a bit at our home, we all headed to Little India Fine Dining in American Fork, UT to have dinner together.

This restaurant serves a huge selection of traditional Indian dishes that are perfect for sharing. Randy introduced us to Saag Paneer, a dish made of house-made cheese, spinach, cream & ground spices. It was quite delicious! We also shared the "Assorted Snacks" appetizer along with several orders of Naan bread, and other scrumptious main dishes.

Hiking the "G" trail 🥾 ⛰️

We haven't hiked the "G" trail in Pleasant Grove, UT in several years... really, since we first moved to Utah. Since then, the "G" on the side of the mountain has been replaced with a much larger, concrete version of the "G".

We were excited to hike this trail with Randy so that we could finally see the new and improved "G" up close. This trail is quite steep though and none of us have really hiked in quite a while, so we knew this would be a tough one. The trail has been rerouted since we first hiked it but it is still incredibly steep! The trail ascends 836 feet (255 meters) in only 1 mile (1.6 kilometers). That's really steep! 😅

After reaching the "G", Keith and Randy climbed the steps alongside the letter and traversed across the top. They both said it was quite an "adventure" as the trail above the letter was very narrow and loose. Also, looking down the "G" gave them both a sense of vertigo. 😱

Everyone did really well on the hike but we all knew that we would probably be sore the next day. We each ended up getting a little sunburnt too. We all should have put on more sunscreen before hiking. 🧴

Hiking the Battle Creek Falls trail 🥾 ⛰️

After finishing our hike up to the "G", Keith and Randy decided to hike up to see Battle Creek Falls. Lindsey stayed behind as she was feeling a little sore from the "G" hike.

The hike up to the falls is a short one and not very steep until about the last 100 yards (91 meters). The waterfall was flowing but it was much smaller than it typically is for this time of the year. That's do to the record heat and drought conditions that have been plaguing Utah all winter long.

Mountain biking in Corner Canyon 🚵 😎

Randy had brought his mountain bike so Keith was excited to get out and ride with him. Keith loaded up the bikes on the back of our Jeep and headed to Maple Hollow South/Corner Canyon to ride some of Salt Lake's most famous downhill trails.

Randy hasn't ridden much recently but he did an amazing job tackling the tough climbs and technical descents. The two started with a warmup ride down Vertigo, an intermediate flow/jump trail. After the warmup, they climbed up to the top of Jacob's Ladder, one of the more technical descents in the area. To wrap up the day, they made one last lap on Zooropa before heading back home to meet up with Lindsey for dinner.

Farewell to Randy! 👋 🛣️

Eventually, all good things have to come to an end. Randy stayed with us until Monday morning. He then packed up his bags and bike before heading back home to Montana. We are both so happy that Randy came down to visit us. We will have to plan some time to head north and meet up with him again. Until next time... 👋

Upcoming posts and videos 👷‍ 👷‍♀️️

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