Short but sweet

Anne and I spent five days in Tucson last week for a bit of a mini vacation. We hit up some of the old haunts and threw in a couple of new ones. The new ones of note are the new Nimbus brewery/bistro on the east side close to where we used to live, a new pizza and beer place on Speedway called 1702 with a ton of different beer on tap, and Sweetwater Preserve where there is 12 miles of Sonoran singletrack built for mountain biking. We had a great time enjoying the warm weather. When we arrived home the UPS guy came by to deliver a new addition to the stable. I rode it for the first time yesterday and it is light and fast which was the point. I got it used (once was the claim) so the price seemed right. I am heading out for another ride this morning because the forecast shows snow coming tomorrow night.

A nice week of riding

This week has been fairly nice weather wise with some nice sunny days that seem to illuminate the golden leaves of the aspen trees. I have been around the same areas I usually ride with a trip the other day to Upper Brookbank which is definitely one of my favorite trails in Flagstaff. Today I rode a hodgepodge of trails that incorporated the oasis of Drew's bus at the Sunset parking lot with tapped kegs and music playing. The odd thing was the Drew and everyone he was with were on the Waterline Road in Mexican wrestler costumes. Drew decided to have a Nacho Libre ride today that I completely forgot about. I did happen across the bus as the same time as some other folks that I know so we warmed up the camp chairs a bit and got some of the foam out of the keg. I put some Arrogant Bastard in my water bottle for the way home and it's a good thing because I had to fix a flat midway down Schultz Creek. The beer definitely made fixing a flat bearable.

Annual pilgramage

Yesterday I made it a point to get up to the Inner Basin to see the leave changing color. I wanted to enjoy the sights before the weekend as many people will make the trip up there in the next couple of days. The colors did not seem as if their peak had been reached yet but there were some spectacular sections.