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It was such a fun one. Love ones that combine nature and adventure. Always appreciate the comment and support. Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it.

Yeah, I think still worth seeing top initially to get a perspective on the horseshoe part, but loved the river float more for sure!

It’s worth it! Thanks for watching.

It was in middle of July!

Like the second week of July

I would definitely use trail shoes. A good portion is on trails, and there are some gravel sections and inclines that trail shoes worked well on.

@@TylerandKari thank you. I signed up for my first half marathon with my daughter. Yohoo can't wait

@@mte9194you’re welcome. Thats awesome! Enjoy! Hope your run goes well and you both have a great time.

Just a great unique spot that we didn’t even know about. So happy we did the hike.

Thanks for watching. And it was absolutely gorgeous out there.

Very secluded. We started early and saw very few people. Thanks always for the support!!!

Thank you. Such a fun hike to do and see something new and unexpected.

Yeah? Awesome! Hope you enjoyed the ride and the video.

I’m not sure about any of that unfortunately. I haven’t heard anyone talk about that large of a package deal. I did see a tour group on the mountain that was guiding a group on bikes. But since I didn’t use them, I don’t know the name of it.

@@TylerandKari ok .. question;: do you know if they rent road bikes and mountain bikes in the area?

@@davidelcess6559now that I do know. Absolutely. Tucson itself has multiple bike rental shops. We brought our own, but there are several in the area that rent both road and mountain bikes. I’ve heard of Tucsonbikerentals.org but I know there are a few others. I don’t know about any on top of mt Lemmon.

@@TylerandKari thank you

I think we did pedal in the video.

Haha thank you. I was wondering on that one. Sometimes just got to run with it.

👍 I think you’re talking about the first bike in the video she is on (mountain bike one?). And we agree. Not hers though and we didn’t pay much attention to the seat adjustment apparently lol. Does seem quite low when looking back.

100% agree. We didn’t think it was going to be quite as rocky as it was. Plus we didn’t have any other bike. We did actually see someone with a Levo out there and he was crushing it having a good time. Looked like a nice bike too.

Oh my gosh! Someone had told us about this afterwards too and we were bummed about not seeing it or including it in this. But hey, I guess we have a reason to return now! 😏

@@TylerandKari Next time rent a cabin in WAIʻĀNAPANAPA STATE PARK. The limit is 5 nights. The best cabin is #5, #4 is not bad too. $100 for nonresidents, and $70 for residents of Maui County. Our friend, the Maui resident, reserved it for us. No problems. Hana is only a few minutes away. Cabins are rustic but have hot showers, refrigerators, stoves, etc.

@@jkolodzinskiwe heard about those. They were fully booked when we went. If we get a chance to return this will be an absolute must for us. Sounds like such a great spot to experience the area and be close for the next day exploring Hana.

You’re welcome. Hope it goes smoothly.

Haha that route was putting up a challenge for beginners! This was a great ride for a non e bike. Happy to be able to take it on and complete it. Very happy with those bike rentals too. Fun to ride and good fit. Thank you! We appreciate it. Always stay positive and take the adventure.

This was something we were very excited to try. Happy we gave it a shot. The beginner trials were very fun and still had small parts that were challenging. 👍 very happy we stuck with hard tails. Beautiful area to explore. Thanks for watching and the comment. We appreciate it.

Thank you. We had a good time trying something new, but I think we both like rail trails and road more. Haha we agree with those tree roots. They definitely did not have any e mountain bikes, but she has been improving needing less and less e power. This was a good test. We are so sad about Ragbrai this year. Unfortunately due to work we won’t make it. Already planning 2025 for sure. Maybe an entire family trip.

I was hoping they had an e mountain bike but they did not. We have seen people on them and they look fun!

Haha easier than bixby for sure. Fun ride overall. Loved it.

It was gorgeous. Yeah, didn’t have ours with us.

Someone at work just told me that. Honestly, I was exhausted and happy with just summerhaven. However when I return, maybe that will be the next goal.

Thank you!

Thank you. Such a good ride. Thats crazy! Talk about getting in great biking shape. I bet they have a large biking community that does that ride. (We worked at a hospital too, and it was a good stress reliever)

I don’t think we knew about it! Guess we have to go back. Thanks for the recommendation. We want to go back and ride all the way to Folsom.

We will definitely add that to our list next time. We had difficulty deciding where to ride because there are so many options.

Haha very true. They labeled it a trail, but it is a nice smooth path. There are many different sections too, so we want to go back and see more. Hope you get to ride it one day!

Such a sweet place. Aside from Ragbrai, this is the next adventure thing we should do. Backpack places.

It’s a great trail, we’d love to be able to go back and do it again and go further. Our goal is to make it to Folsom. Thanks for watching and the comment, glad you enjoyed the video!

🤷‍♂️ I don’t know the area well.

I could see that. Some areas were questionable down town. We went with some locals that knew the area well that definitely helped us out.

We had the best time. Absolutely loved the train ride and the beauty of the canyon. We had such a blast filming it too. Oh really? That sounds awesome. We will have to come back one day. Our family saw the video and want to go now. And definitely want to return to get a cider too.

lol they kept coming back for you. I was very nervous we would fall in like that one person did.

Alright! Thats exciting! Hope the training is going well!

Ones an e bike. Ones a pinion gearbox.

Awesome 👏 hope you have a great time. It’s such a beautiful place

Our goal is to convince you to join us when we go back and do it again 😉

Hopefully you can join next time!

It exceeded our expectations with how beautiful it was. Thank you we appreciate that. Thanks for watching.

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Such a special place. In awe of its beauty. Thats a good tip about the hiking poles thank you. I’ve seen those but never tried them. I’ll have to look into the cork handles. Thank you.

That was by far one of the best rides we have done. So beautiful and happy we were able to ride it. Thanks for watching. We appreciate it very much.

Such a great area to bike. Thats awesome. The scenery is nice too riding around seeing the mountains. I could see that. The loop doesn’t go much into town does it?

@@TylerandKari No, there's not much cycling downtown. The loop is a great description of the trail, it loops around Tucson for the most part. In-town cycling is pretty much limited to the sides of the streets, where you get to play dodge with the busses!

@@markfischer6850that’s a bummer. Always a stressful way to ride.

Kari said they definitely helped a lot. I will be looking to get some next hike. It was such a gorgeous hike. Oh yeah? That was such a great training hike. Ok we will. Love hearing about new trails to try. Thank you.

The mountain go path you would see when you reach the top of telegraph past where you signed the book. If you looked over to the right, there’s another path that comes up to the back end if that makes sense no pavement.

@@phaedrawhite3746ok I kind of have an idea where that would be. Will keep our eyes out for it whenever we return to that area. Awesome hike with good views though

I (Tyler) need to get some next hike.

They definitely have a lot of added benefit that you don’t realize until you use them!

Haha yeah didn’t sleep that well that night. Dream trip! Unbelievable.

Thank you! It was so hard and fun at the same time. Exhausted afterwards!

Thanks for watching. For 2022 we did a little better on our training and rode about 40 miles a week. Max of about 600miles total before Ragbrai. As for 2023, a little less and it showed in how tired we were. We were happy if we got 150 miles a month lol. I would suggest slightly more though.

Thanks for your input. I feel a better about my preparation. Did 156 miles last week and will try to put in 125 plus until Ragbrai in July. 🙂

@@davidparker8475 awesome. 156 miles in a week is definitely good. When we return (hopefully 2025) we will be putting in more miles. Good luck with training and enjoy the ride!

Yeah, we were surprised how far that ride went. Hopefully able to go the whole route one day.