Nature is what it is, roll with it as that is mostly our only choice. Or travel to a location with favorable conditions. I am living with what the weather and this corona virus pandemic gives me. Current precautions are to maintain social distance and stay out of groups and confinement. My lifestyle meets precautions as I live by myself and don’t socialize inside. Bare grocery shelves affect me just like the home bound. I have lots of odds and ends of foodstuffs that I will consume, Meals will be mix what I have into a one off hot meal. Eggs and butter and bread are not in the stores. Rice is empty. I have small amounts of some. Eggs for baking or ingredient, not scrambled for breakfast. Food will be an issue for all of us. Toilet paper will become an issue for me when the restrooms I use run out.
I bought a new front tire at OTE. I went to the store and noticed they were open but the doors were locked. Instructions were to call the store and conduct your business. I paid for the tire with my debit card. Shortly an employee walked out the door and handed me my tire and sales slip. The shop was sanitizing rental bikes. Mounted it up while parked in a parking lot. Floor pump strong enough to pop the beads onto the rim.
Sedona has received 5 ” of rain so far this month. Thurs was another day of same. I drive out to the cultural park and park for the day. Snug inside warm. Friday I was out there again under clearing skies. No rain falling. Late in the afternoon I walked down Girdner remarking to myself how dry the trail was except for very infrequent small puddles. Axis crosses Dry Creek right at Girdner. The water was channeled through a choke point. Would have been a hard crossing against the current and the depth. I only wanted to look. walked back up Axis, again mostly dry. Favorable for a Sat ride. Been spending the nights up town.
Sat drove out to park under sunny skies and no rain forecast. New tire on the front and legacy trail to add to my ridden list this year. Rode down Herkingham which has many rock features better riding the drops than trying to peal the step ups. Pedaled up Old Post which is an old double track with rock slabs. Still nasty but prolly the easiest climb out. Continued Old Post to pick up Ridge climbing up to Sketch which rides better this way. rejoin Ridge over to Secret Slick rock connecting to Ramshead. Climb out on Scorpion which is a bitch because of the almost constant climbing and several patches of basalt baby heads. Hump mixed in with walk over something. Finally at the top I rode Stay High down to lower red rock road. The a Focus loop. Climbing back out on Red Rock trail right above 89A. 16.6 miles pedaling 2 hrs 36 mins climbing 1368′. Not many miles but lots of effort and skill. Basalt babyheads around Schuerman.
Received invite for Sunday group ride. Just 5 of us. Up Rabbit ridge. What a bitch strenuous climb while gaining very little elevation. Just below grade with lots of loose small rocks to pedal over. Javalinas have really been rooting in the ground right along the edge of the trail.
Thursday was my bike’s anniversary. I hoped to ride and take a pic of it in its natural element. 858 rides, 12,112 miles.
birthday
Roll with it. Corona virus.