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It was only a bit over 100 miles today, but after 3 years of not riding, and with the temp hovering around 102 with 10% humidity, it was enough. I started with a ride to the office early this morning and it was nice and cool riding through the farmland. All the corn has been harvested and it looks like it won't be much longer until the cotton is ready.
When I left the office in Chandler I headed east on the 202 behind someone on a Honda PC800; I dropped off at Ellsworth and headed north towards the big "Phoenix" on the side of the mountain.
I had no idea where I was going so I just followed the road up into the Usury Mountain Park area.
The road dead ends at stop #4 of the Lower Salt River Tubing Adventure. It looks like something I'll have to try one of these days.
I headed back south to the Rio Salado Sportsman Club and had a nice cold lemonade while I listened to the music of high power, long range, short range, and full auto shooting and had a nice conversation with a gentleman wearing a Merrill's Marauders cap.
He had lived here all his life and we got to talking about the real estate market. He was an investor in a mortgage company and wound up losing about half a million, but he said that wasn't as bad as one of the other investors that lost $46MM.
After cooling down a bit I hit the road and made my way out to Apache Junction. Ain't much there worth seeing so I headed SW and made my way back to the house. Shucked off all the gear and hit the pool.
I was going to ride to my sister's place in Benson tomorrow (50th birthday) but based upon my experience today I'm going to have to work up to those kinds of miles. The heat should start moderating next month which will help quite a bit. I have a meeting in Flagstaff next month and the boss has already approved me riding the bike up there instead of taking the company car.
All in all, it sure is nice to be riding again.
When I left the office in Chandler I headed east on the 202 behind someone on a Honda PC800; I dropped off at Ellsworth and headed north towards the big "Phoenix" on the side of the mountain.
I had no idea where I was going so I just followed the road up into the Usury Mountain Park area.
The road dead ends at stop #4 of the Lower Salt River Tubing Adventure. It looks like something I'll have to try one of these days.
I headed back south to the Rio Salado Sportsman Club and had a nice cold lemonade while I listened to the music of high power, long range, short range, and full auto shooting and had a nice conversation with a gentleman wearing a Merrill's Marauders cap.
He had lived here all his life and we got to talking about the real estate market. He was an investor in a mortgage company and wound up losing about half a million, but he said that wasn't as bad as one of the other investors that lost $46MM.
After cooling down a bit I hit the road and made my way out to Apache Junction. Ain't much there worth seeing so I headed SW and made my way back to the house. Shucked off all the gear and hit the pool.
I was going to ride to my sister's place in Benson tomorrow (50th birthday) but based upon my experience today I'm going to have to work up to those kinds of miles. The heat should start moderating next month which will help quite a bit. I have a meeting in Flagstaff next month and the boss has already approved me riding the bike up there instead of taking the company car.
All in all, it sure is nice to be riding again.
