it is what it is, mother nature that is. rain started early sat morn then changed big time to snow in the pm. the ground is too warm to support snow accumulation. none the less, those able to ride are couch potatoes like me.
fri i visited w/ dave of fat tire bike in uptown sedona, the last of 4 local shops for me to visit. small town w/ local riders spread among the 4 shops. my fame preceded me as in my injured state. dave got me in person. he did most of the talking about social trails and the usfs and riders and shops pulling together for the common good. how to grow sedona such that the community gains from the increasing number of riders visiting and that riders will have sedona single track to ride. there is no local bike club for mtn bikers, there are few local riders, and there is dissention among the shops. non stop dave allowed me a few moments to share what i have learned in life. i spent several hours in his repair shop and never talked bikes which to me was good.
drove down hill to bnb for rest of afternoon and caught the afternoon shop closing buzz. Aaron chase, a world class freerider spent several days here riding hosted by several riders out of bnb. jimmy might have beer on tap but certainly there are bottles in the fridge. riders hang reliving the sedona after ride vibe and whetting their story telling whistles.
drove back uphill to danny’s for the night.
snow fell up @ ski hill in flag. danny and traildoc’s jan motored off up to flag for snow play.
sat i returned to fat tire and continued the trail issues here in sedona w/ dave. heavy rain fell, like thunderstorm intensity w/o the thunder then turned to snow.
traildoc called me to talk to me about my gps ride routes i made last year. we made a dinner date sun eve to share.
drove back to bnb for post ride buzz. i was the only non employee in the shop. nobody is riding.
drove back uphill to sedona. danny called and invited me to a party @ stevie’s house, he is an mbh rider. party was not all riders. i was introduced to ginny who is now living on the road in a 31′ motorhome w/ her 2 cats. she is a life coach and therapist professionally. she quit working for the man, started her own virtual counseling business and hit the road. we ended up in an intense conversation lasting many minutes. i broke off the conversation as i felt i captured her.
back @ danny’s for the night.
snow fell again during the day. no riding for anybody again as there is standing h2o. temps again are below freezing @ night creating freeze thaw mud. it will be perhaps a week b4 trails are dry enough to ride. so for this short time injured and non injured riders are all non riders.
did 1 handed was. dinner and data sharing @ traildoc’s sedona’s unofficial goodwill ambassador.
