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Some pics from last ride at Starr Pass.

Sorry to see that black eye. …stay hydrated!

Today we decided to ride up to the trails formerly known as "cow pies and baby Jesus" now named "stone cactus loop" by forest service. This is the first loop recently adopted and scheduled for reroutes. A few weeks ago it was the usual hike a bike eroded stuff hence the name cow pies and not...

After two days of rain, the sun has come back out in the desert. Things are turning green and looking like wild flowers may happen this year. Conditions were quite good up high behind our house. Rider traffic has helped pack in some firmer lines now that there has been enough moisture. It was a...

So I have been dealing with some discomfort in my neck, enough discomfort to have me out of sorts for the holidays. The neck stuff actually started back in June. I would get a fatigued burning feeling in most my muscles tied into my neck and upper back on long rides. It started occasionally...

Back injuries from sneezing are more common than you think. Hope the body feels better soon.

On both Christmas and New Years we were gifted with rain. Not a bad way to start 2026. Rain is always welcome, and many times it brings much opportunity to the desert. Temperatures have finally come down closer to normal ( highs around 60 ). With the rain and getting a few stiff necks, I have...

The first shot here looking back on Ridgeline Trail. It wraps around a bunch of hills with the Santa Catalinas in the background. There is a bunch of less than desirable climbing on this ride, so we do not do it often, but it is a nice change of scenery and the wild flowers are always different...

Photo dump: First two from Starr Pass. The rest from the Tortolitas, Wild Buro Ridgeline Trail loop.

We drove down to Vail to ride with our friends that live down there yesterday. On the interstate we saw this truck heaped with old kids bikes. Most likely on its way to Mexico. Hopefully they will put some smiles in some kids Christmas. It made me smile thinking about it. Down in Vail we rode...

We have been exploring some more in our hood. There is a loop called "Cow Pies to Baby Jesus" that is pretty epic as it is a lot of steep eroded stuff, It goes up pretty high into some great terrain but it is just an eroded old horse trail. When I say horse trail, I mean extreme cowboy stuff...

Great write up and congratulations!

Finally got our fountain refilled. We went to empty and clean it a few days after we got here and it needed a new coat of paint. We had to order pool paint. It took a few days to get here, and then it started raining. Two weeks later, it is running again. The wildlife will appreciate having a...

We ended up getting close to 2" of rain with the addition of the last system. ... not bad. Our trail work day was awesome with perfect soil conditions. There were 24 volunteers and we did 3 re-routs combined. Art and I did rock work. It was a very productive day, and was good to meet a bunch of...

Glad you had good weather. The northern part of Az has been getting a bit of rain.