There was a camper just below me hidden by a few trees that ran a generator, quietly.
Back into MBH early so i can wash off my bike before today’s ride. Red dirt washes off easily.
Rama lead us out to a different part of Sedona for me. Either dry trails or dusted w/ left over snow. For Sedona riding i would do well w/ flat pedals & skateboard shoes. Would give confidence to bail easier than being clipped in. Rama says they help his pedal cadence but he can’t go fast because his feet aren’t attached. Still bunches i walked. We rode trails not on map. Lots of technical stuff again. Maybe that is what Sedona is really about is really how technical the riding is. Small group eveybody knew each other.
Drove down canyon to Bike & Bean to hang for a little while before heading back up to, as Tom called it, Gaydar ridge.
Nice hanging w/ people I slightly know, them calling me by name right off; me likewise. I am as familiar to them as they are to me. A sense of belonging. And the I leave.
And I left town for Beaverhead flats rd and the place I camped while I was here last spring. Winter, no cedar gnats to bite.
Tomorrow is Phoenix.
No pictures because internet is back to ice ages.