I took my scooter in for its first oil change a few weeks ago. The Scooter Lounge was having some sort of Scooter Rally where a large group of scooter enthusiasts all rode up American Fork Canyon together. They invited me to go, and bring Charmaine, but I wasn’t sure how well it would handle the canyon with both of us on it. I figured the scooter was made for two people, but probably two Taiwanese people. I had just ridden up and over Sun Crest and up Big Cottonwood Canyon the week before that… and it had to slow down to 35 on the road over Sun Crest… and that was by myself. So I declined.

But this weekend we decided to ride up American Fork canyon on our own. Charmaine jumped on the back and we headed off into the hills. That was another great ride. Shortly after you pass where the road splits between Tibble Fork and the Alpine Loop, the road narrows and loses its painted lines… this is where 2-wheeled vehicles thrive. That road was made for scooters and motorcycles. And we saw several, each giving us the motorcycle wave.

We didn’t go up an over into Provo Canyon, though. We stopped to stretch our legs at the summit and then went back down American Fork Canyon to our home. I’m sure we’ll be doing that ride again and again.