Month: April 2018

In The Thick Of It

April 30, 2018 Culinary Mountain Biking Travelling 2 Comments
After a very pleasant morning and delicious breakfast by Mme Awesome, we drove to ride the Sweetwater Trail System. The trails were a mix of smooth and chunk with a couple of spots which were best ridden after a peek. Maybe they are rated as beginnerish because of the gentle…

Recharge Nearly Complete

April 30, 2018 Travelling No Comments
Woke up feeling much better and able to contemplate riding tomorrow. We left the rental after line drying a flannel comforter cover in less time than it takes to write this. That is dry heat baby. Today we stay with M DN and Mme MN. At their house we had…

Left Turns

April 29, 2018 Facts Travelling 2 Comments
We spent the day with M RG, starting with French toast, a drive by tour of the university of Arizona and then to Tucson Museum of Art and History. Itinerary courtesy of the ever considerate Mme MN. We had a great time looking at the paintings and sculptures and sharing…

Entering Tucson

April 28, 2018 Itinerary Travelling No Comments
Not long after starting our drive south, I 17 had a long downhill section. You know, the kind with warnings for big rig drivers to pay attention to their brakes. The elevation change was marked by our first saguaro. Soon they were, as best as the could given their limited…

40%

April 27, 2018 Facts Mountain Biking Travelling 1 Comment
We woke up early, picked up some coffees for now and a pastry for later and made it to the trailhead in record time. Most of our ride was on Chuckwagon. It is located in the NW corner of the area, a new part for us. This meant different vegetation,…

“The Life”

April 26, 2018 Facts Travelling No Comments
What is The Life? Who is living it? Friends and family have suggested that I wasn’t back in the Bay Area given that now, surely, I am. Where is it found? Is it easy to lose? John Mellencamp sings that “Life goes on, long after the thrill of living is…

More Gorgeouosity

April 25, 2018 Mountain Biking Travelling No Comments
We rode the Intro to Sedona ride. Views and company and riding and fellow enjoyers were all the best. We stopped at many spots to soak it all in. Post ride, following quaffage of large quantities of water, we finally made it to Desert Flour, a bakery and eatery which…

Vortexes

April 24, 2018 Travelling No Comments
We found this map of local vortexes and saw a bunch. First was Schnebly Hill Vortex. Cathedral rocks surrounded a chasm perhaps created by a meteor or extraterrestrials. We saw a single, ancient tree which had patiently found purchase in the middle of a vast expanse of rock. Next was…

What a Day

April 22, 2018 Culinary Mountain Biking Travelling 2 Comments
Slim Shady to HT finishing on Little Horse to the overlook, a gigantic expanse of slick rock. The crazy trail White Line is visible from there and is a popular stop for the Jeep tours. Both photos are from that spot. Back on Little Horse, HT, Templeton, Hermit and down…

Gone Swimming

April 21, 2018 Culinary Mountain Biking Travelling 2 Comments
Up and away from camp. Sedona itself, the road through it specifically, is one store after another, and chains are well represented. No doubt in Sedona there are commercial areas which don’t remind me of Sunrise Highway. We’ll see! We drove through and ate breakfast at a very popular trailhead.…