sunday

woke up late.
went for a ride.
didn't really know where i was going.
ended up following the water to the west.






















































no futbol hoy


















makes me want a rototiller









almost missed this cell tower


















a drainage for a 100 year flood runs thru it


















































why a cross bike

precipitation

so we were supposed to go down to
southern az this weekend but due to trail impact
and possibly driving 4 hours each way to sit in the car
that was nixed.
we approximated by camping out
in the mcdowells in the rain instead.

it started raining on my way out.














the republican and i set up the tent in the rain.
that was fun.














and there was the wind too














morning came far too quickly














the bathrooms were really nice.

































































ocaotillo














new basher














i got wood


















time to ride






















































then my chain broke























































































































mud














fin

like buttah

it rained all day friday and parts of saturday.
we haven't had rain in 4 months.
it was nice.
also makes for some prime trail conditions not long after the rain stops.
so chad and i rode national today.
the trail was perfect. sticky.
a little slick on some of the rock moves.
i'm getting addicted to climbing national.
chad got some nice pics of my better side.

in the dark

this has to be the 3rd time i've taken a job
without knowing exactly what i will be doing.
i have some idea, but am usually wrong.
system, analytics, policy, something.
i kinda thrive in ambiguous situations.
or at least like to think i do.
we rode up national 2nite in the dark.
i don't think i've done that yet.
it was awesome. hit my grove and the rest was history.
i normally visualize and know what is coming up but for the 1st time
i found myslelf getting lost in the steps and the moves
wondering just where on national i was.
we rode to telegraph and back, saw 4 hikers and no bikers on the trial.