B4 bed I reparked in a sound lee if the refer running. City camping. No heat. slept well always having my breath. Woke to sunshine w/ scattered low cumulus but no precip. Today I will attempt the dirt road steep hill climb to Alien run th. But first a few groceries. Drove out gravel road to my nasty road climb. South facing which dried the mud. Cast in were wheel ruts requiring a bit of high clearance. Much tire chain casts. Road is single lane slot car track. Parked at top just b4 the cattle guard. Found a spot that overlooks to the sky line. Fresh snow in Durango mountains.
Headed out. Right @ the TH I met 2 guys just finishing up their ride. From Durango because of snow and muddy conditions. They received rain and snow same as Aztec. Scratch Durango plans. Rode same loop as b4. Rode it a little better. used 2 hits of abuterol. My breathing today was better allowing me to get my heart rate up. Worked on spinning. Too many twists and moves to remember. Enjoyed myself. Challenging trail, there are several spots I still walk mostly because I don’t have the wind to make. Mountains to the north have a very white look w/ clouds still around high summits.
Noise: camped out here in desert all alone except for the copious discarded liquor bottles and the sound of energy being transmitted. I am prolly 1/4 mile from a pumping station yet its by product of work travels to my ears. The rear if the van where my bed head is faces the sound. Reflecting on places I have stayed that are quiet, prolly almost all. What stands out are the noisy ones such as the XG in Whitefish, MT hard on the railroad tracks, Price @ a pumping oil well. Flag camp spots were quiet.
Prolly will ride Alien loops again tomorrow then drive back into town for groceries. I just don’t plan well for multiple day stays, really I finish up my 2 gallons of drinking h2o is the tent pole.
9:25 PM sitting here writing this w/ the side door open. Going to shut it now however.
During the day maybe 5 rigs with bikes drove out to trail head. Trail rides 1 way and is soo tight riders separate very quickly giving one a sense of solitary enjoyment.
Before dinner I went for a walk out the road which turned to bushbashing keeping the road as a handrail. I stopped to take a close up picture. I took off my over lense sunglasses and set them on the ground. I took the pic, sttod up, and put away the camera. I walked on forgetting to pick up the sunglasses. Just after my turn around point I realized that I was not wearing sunglasses. Shit! Lost, Really? I am going to retrace my steps in the desert and find them? I followed a few of my tracks the rest was untraceable to my poor tracking skills. Plan was to walk down the road to where I left it for bush bashing then follow my tracks out. I drew a blank on the picture scene. The road dirt was too hard for my foot prints. Then I stumbled onto the glasses on the side of the road where I had taken that pic. Whew, glasses back on my head.
Colorful sunset.