Beautiful AM and looking forward to MBH shop ride.
Have a band-aid on left middle finger… more later. Typing impaired.
Subset of regular crowd plus Debbie from Prescott. The trails won’t be fit to ride until after I leave.
Rode another piece of unknown by me. Below Sketch down to road, traverses & drops. All narrow sketchy ST cut into hillside w/ exposure. Getting better & more confident, not cocky, just feeling better about what i can do. Rama led us down a hardly used trail. This particular place it dropped down into a sandy soil wash, the tread coming out was about a tire width wide. I blew it out, the front wheel dropped out from underneath me and I launched over the ghost handlebar. I slid in the dirt like superman. Just dirt & a small cut on subject finger. 17.64 miles in 3 hrs riding time & 2234′ climb. Ledge n’ Airy is the most technical trail per Rama. Lots of rocks, step ups, slither arounds, slab roll overs, and some smooth sections mixed in. Well built trail that was built as a tech challenge. Traildoc posted an idea of putting a can out @ end of trail. If a rider dabbed on the trail he would put a dollar in the can. For the rider that rode it clean they would get $10 from the can. There are still several spots that I walk, the count is less than before. Nice bike & confidence.
Ride wore on me and I started really looking forward to completing Ledge n’Airy to go eat some real food. Finished riding upright.
While the trails out of VOC were plugged w/ riders, today from West Sedona we saw only 1 other rider. There are more social trails behind MBH than B & B has. B & B gets the publicity such that most new riders ride from there. Fling was yesterday, just warm temp & clear skies, trails are drying nicely. Forecast thru week is for sunny and upper 60s.
Back out @ Deer pass. Tonight there are 4 other campers here, the most ever. I got my regular spot. Oh, last night the rat was back but trying to gnaw into the body to gain inside access. Gave up.
Beat tonight. Finished ride, sat down inside, took off my gear, wash cloth rinsed grime off, drove to Safeway for groceries & h2o, and then to desert to just sit. Rented a movie.
No pictures taken today.