January 2020 – Zeke Speaks

Reunion

January 31, 2020 Culinary Facts Travelling No Comments

After another fun time dialoguing with my temporary neighbor, obviously over pancakes, I headed out and thankfully there were no opposing traffic vehicles on the rather narrow road which winds its way along the mountain. Yeah funny the number of similarities. For instance, we are both en route to a…

Corral Canyon

January 30, 2020 Facts Mountain Biking Travelling No Comments

Rode from the campground and on to Wrangler, whose general uphill slant made tired Zeke more so. At last we are at the start of Kernan Trail, from what I’d read the jewel of the place and it was rocking indeed. Kernan trail is a lot like Chutes from the…

Dusty Brah

January 29, 2020 Facts Travelling 1 Comment

Winds blowing in the 30 – 35 mph range made for a dusty crossing from Yuma through to a short way up the 4000′ climb starting at sea level over 10 miles which must be a killer in the summer while passing fascinatingly and totally otherworldly boulder crusted mountains and…

A Tour Guide!

January 28, 2020 Culinary Facts Mountain Biking The Bus Travelling No Comments

I left wherever I slept last night late. Certainly too late to arrive in Yuma AZ by one. Or two. Maybe I arrived about two. The serendipitous thing is I’ve been semi on the lookout for when the correct alignment of geography, fatigue level, sense of urgency and daylight occurs…

Feeling Conspicuous

January 25, 2020 Facts Mountain Biking Travelling No Comments

Tonight makes for three nights of no bus movement. That’s a first. The dirt road off of which I’m parked is heavily used and there’s no one else I’ve seen overnighting it. Folks are friendly and all… I’m just looking forward to driving off tomorrow for water, food and so…

The Future

January 24, 2020 Facts The Bus No Comments

I’m focusing on the bus here. With running water and better batteries, hanging out in here is a wonderfully pleasant experience. I’ve just eaten and showered after using this here spot upon which it rests as my trail head for some days. Every day the bus has to be run…

Five Stars

January 24, 2020 Facts Improving Mountain Biking No Comments

The Chutes is simply phenomenal fun. The other trail finding app has some more photos beyond the one below taken by yours truly honestly with smiling anticipation. Then there are videos too such as this one. Ultimately I rode down all 3 options and redid the first (that route being…

Surprising Surprises

January 22, 2020 Facts The Bus No Comments

The last couple of days I stayed with M D and Mme here in Tucson. The last time was about 2 years ago at their 50th wedding anniversary and back then Mme Awesome was around too which just makes everything always more fun. And we were in the truck. Time…

Lone Coyote In The Lot

January 22, 2020 Facts No Comments

This AM I finished Prince Lestat, by Anne Rice. She has many books describing this universe of undead, spirits and others who we don’t notice. Wouldn’t that be nice, if it really were possible to see, speak and maybe touch those long lost? Not necessarily everyone though. Actually for me…

Define Too Much

January 19, 2020 Facts Improving Mountain Biking Travelling

At 1/6 into the ride Zeke was pooped. Still, the route was oh so compelling. Plus I have an association with how an occasional big effort day, the ones physiologically perhaps too taxing, sure seem to make for inflection points. In other words, that blowing up from time to time…