BRENDA AND DAVID CHARITY MOTORCYCLE RIDE LAS VEGAS 2008

WITH THE LONG REACH LONG RIDERS.

IN AID OF BROADWAY CARES AND BEHIND THE SCENES

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY CHARITIES

RIDE DAY 2 TUESDAY 13TH MAY.

 ZION LODGE TO RUBYS INN BRYCE CANYON

In Zion canyon private vehicles are not alloed to drive beyond the Lodge and the park provides a very efficient shuttle bus service into the canyon with stops at the
start of each trail. We got up early and took the shuttle to the Weeping Rock trail, this walk only takes 20 minutes and takes you to the canyon wall where the water that has soaked through the sandstone until it reaches the shale rock layer at which point the water which has taked as much as 1200 years to filter through weeps out of the rock face providing the irrigation for magnificent hanging gardens. 

After Breakfast we headed out of the park on the most fantastic twisting scenic road on our route to Bryce Canyon National Park. The main lodge at Bryce was fully booked and so we were all staying at Ruby's Inn at the park entrance.

The ride in the morning took us up into the mountains above Cedar City. As we rode above 6000 feet it became increasingly cold and we began seeing snow at the side of the road, As we climbed higher the temperature dropped further and we were soon passing frozen lakes and steeply banked snow. Brenda had started the ride today filming with our DVD camera and had put her gloves in the top box of the bike, subsequently her hands were now turning blue and as I only had a short sleeved shirt under my jacket I was pretty cold as well. Fortunately everyone was feeling the same way and we all pulled off the road into a parking area to put some more clothing on. The offers of iced water from our chase care were politely refused. We hastened off again as we had a pre-arranged lunch in Cedar City as guests of the Utah Shakespeare festival theatre. From our halt the road wound quickly down warming up with each thousand feet that we dropped. By the time we got to Cedar City we were sufficiently thawed out to enjoy a magnificent outdoor barbecue in the grounds of the theatre. The students and staff wre waiting for us as we pulled up and ave us a huge cheer which was itself very warming. 

Following lunch we were given a grand tour of the theatre and its workshops. For a group of theatre practitioners this was very interesting. We gassed up and headed for Bryce canyon, upon arrival at Ruby's Inn in the late afternoon it was decided that we would head of to visit the Lodge and the Canyon itself. Brenda and I decided that we had ridden enough for the day and opted to ride Robert and Scott in the Chase Van, we got a couple of odd looks from the hardened bikers but i have to tell you that it was very comfortable and warm in the van. Bryce Canyon is magnificent, our pictures cannot do it justice you will just have to visit it yourselves.

Ruby's Inn were one of our sponsors and provided a free buffet dinner for us all.

THE DAY IN PICTURES.