My typing skill is better than hunt and peck, I know where the keys are but my eyes still need to see them. My speed is better than glacial. My mind works faster than my fingers can find the keys. I have watched typists hitting the keys right along with my words. Maybe their comments. So, I use slowness as creation avoidance. I am sitting at the former outlet mall consuming time to arrival of Zags ist round game.
Last weekend was Sedona Mountain Bike festival attended by umpteen thousand best friends. Open day was Friday after snow had been cleared from walkways. And weather was shitting cold, blowing, and wet, I was warm and dry down here. I did go up Sat arriving at gate 30 mins prior to 10 AM opening. I learned that Turner would be exhibiting his titanium hard tail bikes and I wanted to visit. As I approached his booth we eye locked and called each other by name then started connecting. Found l-9 booth chatted with David and the owner, Clint. Then I just walked around observing and chatting. Brandon and Forest from Freehub mag. Spent the night in town at Doug’s.
Sunday Doug, Leia, and me hiked over to trail named Skidmark so named as a steep slickrock descent ended abruptly onto a wheel suck. Years ago Danny lead me on this hike while I was recovering from broken collar bone. Trail over to it is like a climbers way trail. Skilled scrambling ability. mid afternoon hike, just great weather and conditions to spend outside.
Monday Doug said lets ride as his shoulder was happy. Dry Creek area. Again we encountered less than 10 people. Another ride was on Mescal where many more than 10 to share the trail. Riding out here is at bottom of climbs, trails we ride are mostly contour. Just 2 liners are hung to dry meaning same number of rides from last Thurs laundry.
Yesterday I rode down here on system trails with elevation. FS built full Single Track Bypass which parallels heavily used Bell Rock Pathway. Nice rideable trail that attracts foot traffic. This trail is mountain bike rider focused as it plays with contour of land versus a point to point trail like Bell Rock. Still pass on Llama problem, I’m saving myself for Steve to spot me when he arrives first of month.
Last 3 weekends were wet, last 2 snow. Enough precip filled shallow pits on dirt track out to preferred spot off beaverhead. I knew enough to stay away to allow sloppy puddles dried up. I still drove over slime spots. So nice to be out in desert where I don’t cover windows, full sun to recharge batteries, sunset view, no traffic noise. Just how I like to live. Albeit web signal is weak 2 bar.
Oh, I did rebuy the Suunto Peak 9 time piece. I printed the 66 page PDF manual. Device pairs with phone via Bluetooth. I am acquiring skill to understand its workings which for me is good mental effort.
Time piece indicates time to be moving in direction of short walk over to PJs to watch the Zags.