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More of life is good

Hey a little hiatus from the blog lately but all is really well. Except for the north west like weather some one keeps sending our way here in what was once known as sunny A Z.
I did two crits last Saturday and it was a great cornerie and even some hill with head wind.i and 26 or so 50 plus youngsters went out early with alot of attachs and bridging up for maybe 5 laps then 4 of us got away. and worked sort of well together.it came down to a third of the way in on the last lap and I new were to go for it on instinct but hesitated 2 seconds to think about and game over got a very close 3rd. The 40 plus was altra go time with 38 or so riders and many of them being pro and cat ones. I am with 4 weeks of ridden in fair shape but many of these dudes can flat fly already occcch. I led the 5th and 4th last laps then trickled back in the pack after being slaid.
The other day I did a very epic ride with Sal,Dan and Torey all from Portland and staying this way a bit. Any who we went into Cheave Falls with many different lines and degree of difficulty.The views were spectac and the falls were so cool. We had a great Salmon feast that night with maybe to much wine and chocolate but oh did we earn it.
I rode up 21 miles up lemon with Bill Schultz in a nice let your big breakie digest pace.A good day and when we turned around Cindy Schultz was thee with the famous Le buzz cookies,she rocks.
Next day another northwest rainie like day we drove over to Bisbee which is very colorful and interesting with good gallery's all around ,restaurants,coffee houses and neat looking buildings all around the towns hill sides with a fairie statue or something here and there. Enough for now take care all ML...

Rockie trail and other

Hey again from what has been sunny warm 70's Tucson but all good things come to and end sometimes and the last few days have been an assortment of tropical storm like Tuesday night when between wind and rain I thought my pass had come for Oz.

The weather and seriously I;m not wining but it has gone the other way the past few days with way more clouds some actual rain and some big time wind with the likes of stuff I used to get in new Mexico. It can be on the scary side and sounds like a jet engine right next to the little house on wheels. There is more to come and snow level is dropping to 4,000 ft. That's last than a third of the way up Lemon.

So I got with Guman and cycling house gang the other day and meant some of the repeat campers that I got to know last year, there are good fun and all abilities. We cruised over to Lemon and went up 14 miles to Windy Point which was all you were allowed cause of snow road closer from there up. The trip down Lemon was snow melt soaked roads drenching use and our bikes for a few miles down then we rolled into Le Buzz to hot lattes.

I rode mountain bike over on the Star and gates Pass area with Dan and Sal. Dan being our guide seance he had gotten to know the area and it's trail from hs college days here.After it was off to El Charo for some killer Chime Chung's and a parking ticket cause lack of food had uss in a brain dase not paying attention to the meter next to the suby. Take care all...

Blue bird and warmth

Oh pinch me really. To me this is liven and luxury of ridding in warmth blue sky es and many biking peeps to share it with. The only problem which isn't tell your legs litterley fall off is ridding to much . It is an addiction here of the purest form.

I've already road with friends Sal and Heidi, the Cycling House gang, Andre the pro Schultz and a few other random peeps. had a great dinner with some of the best home cooked meals with Sal an Heidi and the cycle house crew and a real shower !!! My problem but the small travel trailer has even a smaller bath tub shower made for like Minnie me.More trouble than it's worth so hence spong bath and health club shower here and there.

I have only ventured a third of the way up Lemon so far ,tryen to show respect and just not ready for the beast yet.

It still floors me all the peeps you see biking any given day. I've seen any were from 100 pluss to at least 30 riders every time out.

happy trails to all and hope the new years resolutions are coming around....ML

To the land of sun and here now

I hung out in Yuma with my Mom and Dad and bike friends from the last couple of years for the holidays. Yuma has got to be the worst ever place to bike ride with very ruff roads, debree all over the place and virtually no hills. but this doesn't sway the oldies but good peeps that bike there. They are a fun and happy group and I wish I could bring them to Tucson for the best ridding and weather around.

I traveled through Casa Granada on the way here and did the Valley of the Sun road loop a couple of times as possible rehearsal for next months race,kinda of boring with some hill.

I moved on down to Tucson area the next day hovering around Oral Valley with some great pavement,bike lanes and hills then over to Catalina State Park for a small hike.Couldn't resist this action sense the temps were at 70 and virtually no wind,so perfect for out door everything and the peeps were out in numbers.

Today after setting on my duff with Internet stuff i will be getting together with Hiedi and Sal who I meant last year from Cycling House and will do a little recon cruise.

This place is heaven in the winter and a most do if you haven't i kinda like it and would like a full winter every year of it. Especially sense I did et some winter nordic sking and biking in this winter already.it's all good.

Viva Vegas and Yuma

In the travel mode lately to the south west from the west coast. It is good to be one spot for a few days even if it be Yuma. Did I say the ridding here just sucks like the worst roads in Montana and the flat est spot for miles with lots of traffic.Why well the folks are here and some very nice biker types to hang with but will be heading to Tucson soon.

I have only biked once here in four days and due to the unlike of the terrain that be all for the next for days .

There are many great spots in the south west to ride bit note to the file this isn't one of them so steer clear or pass fast.

Jingle Day was less than exciting hopefully for some that wasn't the case . I wished for a few more blue days than I 've bean seeing.

Vegas was interesting and talk about the bling the night is something around there/ Here or there just to enjoy and take it all in most have walked 9 miles around the strip and i have never seen so many restaurants,nice shwankie ones. You can even gamble in some of the rest rooms, most be Vegas.

Take care ALL AND STAY WARM....ML

Movin on threw Cally and Nevada

Bean on and around the road ways,from Oregon coast line into Cally coast line and oh my up and down and lots of turns with a house on wheels behind it gets to be a little much. I cruised into I-5 by Sacromento a day later on the criuse on mostly flat interstate camenced and I was in. Around Paterson Cal. I found this very view like canyon up to Rains Park,it gose on over towards Sant Jose .It had some maybe 8 to 12 percent grade turning me blue a couple of times. Mostly down hill from te top so all was good. I even got shower,electricity,and cable at a RV lot,life is good. next day off down the road for about 150 miles and I just had to pull over and ride from Kettle man city on a road to Pose Robels with more climbing and head wind so after a hour out it took last than a hour back. After a quick bite on down the road till 11:00 at night around Barstow. next day on into Vegas of all places but I am here to tellye there is some very good riding with sholder.I went out by Red Rock Canyon,what a nice area to ride to and with a 13 mile loop in the park area. you can loop back to vegas theway you come or around for a loop. I'm told Mt. Charelston and Valley of Fire are some great road rides to. Mt.Biken up in the Red Rock is soposed to rock to.

So the today was windy city like all day and now into the night,I'll just gamble or maybe not.