This hike is on BLM land but it should be a national park. I went on a 7 mile mostly loop hike in Devil's Canyon (D3). The trail starts in a wash and then loops around both sides of the canyon. About 3 miles in there is an old cabin. Still standing with some artifacts inside. It is a hit day with highs near 100 but comfortable when I was out from 8:00 - 11:00.
Today we went biking on Rimrock Drive that runs along the top of the canyons at the Colorado National Monument. A great place to bike ride! We parked at the visitors center so the car did the big hill. We then biked from the visitor out about 10 miles and then returned. We saw a number of big horn sheep in the first mile! We saw very few cars in the road. There is some up and down on this road and we had some pretty nice downhills which were of course uphills in the other direction. We branched off the main road just after the Liberty Cap trailhead. We didn't go far down this road before returning to the rim road. This needs further exploring. It goes to Glade Park and also Black Ridge which leeds to hiking trails and a different access to Rattlesnake Arches. Back at the visitor center we talked to a Ranger who gave us a geology lesson on the area and also told us about a lunar eclipse event the following night.
Road biking from the house today. We went North to 18 road MTB area. Holly had her road bike and I had mountain bike. We rode to the end where the last 5 miles is BLM land and newly paved. Nice road riding! I took a mountain bike trail down. Joes to Mo Joe. I really like this trail. Ridge ride and then a long flow downhill. 25 miles RT. Great ride right from the house since it turns to farm land and little traffic right away. It was a typical summer day today with highs around 95. We went from 8am to 11am and it was completely comfortable with temps rising from 70 to 80.
On the side of 18 road we saw a bike art area. Many bikes in a line and a large bike sculpture.
