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Not a 2-wheel day, but setting up to enable Stupidity of Potentially Major Proportions.
Today was the simple drive from Boulder Beach campground on Lake Mead to my friend's place in Phoenix, what will be my ground-zero for the next four days of riding.
The drive really was uneventful, just cruising down the highway and taking in the sights.
Saw my first saguaro cactus in a very long time. I think the last time I saw one was when I was in the Army for training at Camp Huachuca (south of Tucscon) in '83. Don't remember much from then, really. Too many miles.
So, some gratuitous pixels ...
Hoover Dam, from the NV side, pre-sunrise
Likewise, from the AZ side, like ten minutes later
Sunrise of AZ
Whee, haven't seen these up front and live in a very, very, long time (saguaro that is).
Nice rock set eh?
It's so extremely rugged out this area, amazes me what wind and rain do to the landscape. Just striking.
Joshua trees - amazingly unique, if you ask me.
Sorry it's not better exposed, but shots on the move can be tough.
So, like, need I say what comes to mind?
:D
Yes, It's been weeks since I saw my woman.
Finally, arriving at my new basecamp, being properly greeted.
Where they have this for the back yard.
Neat.
Ride plans are looking pretty good for the next couple days.
Friday (tomorrow) is 9am at Pima Canyon parking area for my first visit to South Mountain. Going to at *least* ride the loop of Mormon/National via the saddle below Buena Vista. Depending on what people feel like who show up to ride me with (maybe one, maybe none, maybe more) I'm pretty sure I'm going to want to sample even more than that. Could be a very long time before I'm back here.
Saturday is the Rex X-Mas Ride in Sedona, meeting at the Bashas' in Sedona to ride at 8am. This promises to be a major ride. Truly epic proportions. Thanks ahead of time to chadfbrown of MTBR forums for the invite and connection. Chad, if you're reading this, I'm very hard thinking about taking you up on your hosting offer for Sat PM.
Sunday and Monday, Milagrosa Epic and 50 Year trail down in Tucson are in the waiting Q. Evil Patrick has provided major information (thanks!) for the former, and info on the latter just because he's that way. Precise sequencing of these two has *not* been decided yet
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