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\"\"<\/a>This is the first significant trip we have made since the Covid days.<\/p>\n

Our goal was to find a winter escape, within one day’s drive from home, that offers paved bike trail opportunities. We may have found it here in the St. George, Utah. We are anxious to explore the Zion National Park and Snow Canyon areas via bicycles (ebikes, since there is so much elevation variance around here).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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