I know i have not ridden all the trails here but I have ridden an absolutely incredible miles and hours of trail.
Drove down to Bike & Bean to ride w/ owner, Jimmie, for afternoon ride. e had to work but talked of joining us during the ride. Jason and I left. The plan was to meet Jimmie @ a TH south of where I had been riding. Before we arrived jason’s phone rang. It was Chewie who decided to join. He rode from the shop via Highline to TH in 40 mins. Amazing. A little further on and we were just above the TH and the phone rang again. It was Jimmie @ the TH. Amazing. From here we rode Turkey creek further south and climbed out of valley to high ridge over looking out to Sedona & beyond. Spectacular vista. Trail climbing up was volcanic basalt. Different kind of rock. Going up it was a bit of hike a bike. I was studying the rough nature of the rocks and was thinking a bit of hike a bike down. Rode it all down except 1 spot I didn’t set up for. Tell you, the new bike and now w/ 23psi tubeless tires i just skootch over things. Light of day is that flat light late in afternoon. The blue sky, red rock, & long shadows was pick the superlative. Another 2 hour ride.
Finished @ 5:30. Jason’s plan was to ride the road back to shop if Jimmie didn’t show. he did and we all piled into his truck for the ride back. He has a full size truck w/ a padded blanket over the closed tailgate. You put your bike on the tailgate w/ the front wheel hanging over. The padding protect the bike and when more are added they keep themselves in place. Back @ shop for a beer & good spirits. People seem to enjoy working together as they hang out together even on days off.
Grace is in Tempe, AZ for her sponsor. She, her bf, & another guy, and me will be riding Hawes trail in Mesa on Sat. Friday I drive down stopping to ride Black Canyon trail then spending the evening w/ Carrie, my sister Lynn’s best friend in Scotsdale. And tomorrow is photo shoot for BikeMag.