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2009 Ride #53

View Ascent activity on 23-Dec-09 at 01:47PM in a larger map

Tried a new route today. According to the maps, the main road within McDowell Mountain Regional Park goes all the way through and connects with Rio Verde, so the plan was to do that and then come back along the main road between Rio [...]

2009 Ride #52

View Ascent activity on 22-Dec-09 at 01:22PM in a larger map

Today was not Arizona weather … cold (mid 50s) and overcast from the get-go, and about 5 miles in it started lightly raining on me. When the lightning cracked immediately overhead about 5 minutes later, I decided it was time to tuck tail and [...]

2009 Ride #51

View Ascent activity on 21-Dec-09 at 11:44AM in a larger map

Headed north out of Fountain Hills today towards Rio Verde and Nine Mile Hill. No, I didn’t ride Nine Mile Hill, but kept going straight past Rio Verde Road into the Tonto National Forest towards Needle Rock. Weather was great, overcast and cool (low-to-mid [...]

2009 Ride #50

View Ascent activity on 20-Dec-09 at 01:18PM in a larger map

So should I count this as a 2009 ride, or should I consider it a jumpstart on the 2010 rides? Drove to Phoenix yesterday (Saturday) for the holidays, and of course had to bring a bike to help keep me sane … the fact [...]

McDowell Mountain Regional Park

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McDowell Mountain Regional Park, originally uploaded by flahute.

McDowell Mountain Regional Park, originally uploaded by flahute.

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Solitude before the Arid-Zone

Heading off to the Arid-Zone tomorrow, so I’m just finishing up my packing …

Good day today … slept in after Mama T’s holiday shindig in Heber yesterday, after sleeping away a good chunk of the day Saturday recovering from the Holidayna Maritini event in the Sugarhood.

Headed up to Solitude this morning about [...]

Anyone care to go horseback riding?

While out on my ride today in Fountain Hills, I came across this incredible sculpture on Saguaro Blvd … it’s at least 10 feet high altogether, made of various types of junk metal, and yet, from a distance, it looks so realistic.

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