A break in wetness occurred on ed for me to perform a parking lot service on my bike parked in front of Absolute Bikes in VOC. Location chosen for shop support to break free my crank arm and in case I needed knowledge above my base level. I switched back to 30T chain ring and its chain. Why I am not working in a shop: I swapped out the rings then put the crank back in and started to tighten the bolt. I looked on the pavement: oopps, needed washer on the ground, back off the crank bolt then put on the washer then put crank arm back on and tightened the bolt. Checked my work, oopps, both cranks are in same orientation. Back out the bolt, correct crank orientation then tighten down. Practice makes perfect, all parts correctly installed and functioning.
Then to reacquaint my body to larger ring I pedaled Verde Valley School rd out to Oak Creek and Red Rock crossing. Several washes crossed the pavement with several more out on the dirt surface. Was able to ride through the flows as were internal combustion engine rigs. Arrived at turn around to see raging creek covering entire dry feet crossing rocks. No way today to cross.
Body did not care for the effort as my breathing was really labored, ring was not the issue.
Yesterday was laundry day. Clean clothes. Doug invited me on their dog walk out Carroll canyon area. We found trails to be dry and bikes that went by us were not muddy. Carroll canyon area faces S receiving impact of SW winds both wet and dry, sun breaks thru clouds that takes back what clouds dumped. A short sprinkle hit us at our low point turn around to hike back uphill. Drove back to VOC.
Last night I watched the Zags beat UCLA on a last second 3 pointer like 2 years ago. Nail biter. Zags move on to Elite 8 on Sat.
Sitting at laundromat parking faced into sun sucking up cloudy solar gain and waiting for predicted sunny afternoon for a ride. Oops, sprinkles on windshield.
Rain falling on rocky land flows off down washes until source of water flow ends be it rain or snow melt. Then washes become dry. This is the wash at the mall running mostly clear of carried sand.
