OK. I dilly dallied visiting so that I decided to take a rest day.

I did buy a 4G wireless card after spending almost an hour w/ the sales person learning ins and outs. No downside that I could ascertain. Upside is way faster internet speeds. this is a test to observe the response time.

Deer Pass added another camper, this one runs a generator. I am almost crowded out of my plan D location.

Weather forecast is calling for possible precip starting Fri thru weekend.

Thinking about heading S to Mesa area the weekend after Superbowl to ride trails Abegold mentioned and meet Paul from back home.

Bruce said i should have my returned new jersey this Fri. I will send the correct one back to him.

Stayed @ Beaverhead Flats spot last night which is right on upper edge of a canyon. Sunlight hits the ridge to the east then me. Time to get up.

Drove up to BnB. Scott said my shock is to be sent back to PUSH for service to fix the air leak. I put back on the RP3 PUSH tuned shock I bought when I bought my first DW Spot. Scot gave me his slightly worn Minion that I put on front. I swapped the Conti Trail King on the front to the back and storing the Mtn King. BnB gang are really behind the Minion for local riding for traction and sticking on slick rock. OK, I’m pedaling a pound more in tire to learn if true and if extra weight is worth the traction benefit.

Joey invited me on a Hiline ride starting just above red Rock Crossing that I call pink feet because of the cold h2o covering the step stones. Essentially started climbing and finished downhill. We crossed Oak Creek and climbed on Templeton to Sleazy Breezy wash and intersected w/ new trails climbing back to Shades @ the Hiline trail intersection. Did some more climbing on Hiline then just noodled along narrow technical bench cut trail out to the pedestal for a break.

From here the trail dropped down dirt then makes a left turn out onto slick rock over to the drop in. Today I rode the top part then walked  some. The trail is being rerouted just below the nasty switchback to make it more sustainable. Tricky riding.

The exit is in a wash where I fell 2 years ago and broke my right collar bone. Trail joined w/ Baldwin which we rode back to Oak creek.

Short road ride back to van. Joey treated us to his employee benefit of Oak Creek beer. A shower @ Snap @ dinner @ Wildflower then drive out to Deer Pass to usual residents.

Interesting: I rode the entire 10.22 miles climbing1264′ in middle chain ring and in the 1 hr 44 mins I never went anaerobic .

Short sleeve shirts. No heat needed in my house. But the batteries died in my mouse.

Today was another PT session which seemed to improve the lessening of pain in my right shoulder.

Rest day.

I installed a new sink faucet to replace the original which had a spontaneous case of the drips. I followed the instructions. The last instruction was to tighten a nut w/ a wrench 1 to 1 1/2 turns. Space was limited not allowing a full turn of the wrench handle. Maybe I made the correct turns or not, what i do know is I needed towels to soak up the sprayed h2o when the hose slipped free of the faucet. I spoke w/ tech person @ Shurflo. He said the kit is correct, make sure the nut is turned in to compress the fitting. I assembled the parts and turned the wrench a bunch of fractional turns  then turned on the pump. Voila! I have a non dripping faucet.

This is my ride map data to date. I have not ridden Highline or High on the Hogs yet. Ha, file size exceeds upload.

This afternoon i stopped @ the outlet stores in VOC. First was a kitchen store that I am just a sucker for. I touched several desirable gadgets that attracted my attention. Cute and workable but the cleanup made for more work that present method of preparation. I did buy an 8″ skillet for omelets using farm fresh eggs. I bought a sample of Cat Claw honey. tasy honey from a thorny bush.

Going to bed. recharge my batteries and find new for the mouse.