The Whole Enchilada, a set on Flickr.
I love it when a plan comes together. After some phoning, some asking, and some waiting, we managed to get ourselves a shuttle in a stretch VW van (yes, really) up into the La Sal mountains to ride The Whole Enchilada linkup of trails ending with Porcupine Rim and back to Moab. There were around 2600m of descending to do over 55km. Passing though all kinds of unfamiliar temperate zones, from Aspen forest, though strange dwarf oak trees, into high desert with cacti, and finally back into the baking hot, dusty valley was a great ride. The trails were as varied as the surroundings, from rooty BCish singletrack all the way to sandy rock gardens. A grand day out.
