club soda will get that out

A party for Ryan and Libby in Tucson provided the perfect 24 hour get out of town opportunity.
We had our obligatory stop at Rosa's for lunch. We brought a cooler and got a few things to go as well. We also stopped by Brooklyn Pizza and stock up the cooler the rest of the way. We have a thing for our old food haunts.

Not to be overshadowed by our epicurean pursuits we also got to see a few people.










































A stop at Titus' gallery/studio downtown.




























Fiesta time.

early bird

Up at 3:30 am. With the Coconino 250 looming on the horizon I felt the need to lay down a few miles than I normally would on Sunday (I'm still going to be out of shape).
I rode from home with some vague idea to meet up with an mtbr ride.




































As I rode down Central Ave. I rode right past a scene that looked like it was about to be a felony stop.
I rode a little faster.
We've been getting some rain and it was muggy.














There was a line of cars at the entrance waiting for the gates to open. I chuckled as I rode past them all and made my way into the largest city park in the USA (over 16K acres).

I rode up to Buena Vista Lookout to join National trail.




























I was sitting at the top of 24th St. waiting for the group ride when Gordon came around the corner.














He had an inclination to ride Corona Loma so I opted to join him.
So back up National to the split off.
































Corona Loma is a nice techy diddy that drops you onto Desert Classic.














Not much room for error.
































Prune hands.














I cheated and caught a ride home with Gordon.
32 miles and done by 8:30. Nice.

batty thnr

Just three of us for the ThNR this week.




























We found this red sidewalk that takes you to
and through the Biltmore from the trail.
























































A colony of 5,000 bats begins their departure.
























































It rained a bit on the way home.

not much...

...riding this weekend but it was still good.

The munchkin moved up to the next bike size after a 15 mile tandem ride on Saturday.

Not bad for a 6 year old.
































If he keeps this up he'll be ready for a mountain bike in a few months.