Finally back in the saddle again. We have a collection of rides we hope to take from Moab if the weather cooperates, but most of them top out around 6,000’. It’s supposed to stay fairly cool today, so we start with the easiest, lowest elevation ride in the collection: Highway 279, aka Potash Road. It’s a stub of a highway that follows the Colorado for fifteen miles downriver to pavement’s end at a potash plant.
We’ve been looking forward to this ride because we’ve ridden it before, when we crossed Utah four years ago. We weren’t expecting that much from it then and we’re amazed to find out what an exceptional ride it is. I’ll give the few remaining little grey cells a break today and just refer you back to the original description for more detail. I’ll just add that it was as spectacular this time as before, the weather was perfect, and that we capped it off with an early dinner at The Spoke, sitting on their outdoor patio soaking up the sun.
On Potash Road. Virtually flat for its entire length, I think this is the most pleasurable ride you can take starting from Moab. A huge payoff for a modest investment.
