I counted: 45 days in Sedona on this current visit. I have ridden 29 rides. Missed a bunch of ride days because of rain & wet.
Today the MPH ride went out Dry Creek to a turn around on Mescal Mtn. Bit of exposed slick rock. 11 riders including 2 women from Albuquerque escaping snow. Fast & pretty skillful. One had a fall like I did: stalling, teetering, then falling clipped in downhill. She got a rollover that i did not get. Nothing I could do. Slow motion topple. Younger bodies with stand the stop. It still hurt I am sure. She finished the ride. I followed Doug down 2 rollover drops, he lead and I stayed on his wheel. Previously I might have walked down.
Dave & Rebecca left this AM. Happy Birthday Rebecca.
Back out to desert camp. rented a $1.00 movie from Safeway’s RedBox.
Lining up a ride for tomorrow, hopefully HangOver led by Zul.
I forgot my camera today. Mescal mtn was a kidney bean shaped sandstone massive. The trail was on its lower shoulder on outsloping slick rock. We were above the junipers and pinyon pines, exposed. Amazing traction on rock, however I have been angling into steeper diagonal cautiously. Takes courage and finesse to hold a line on the tire side knobs.