Walnut Canyon

I joined a group of semi-professional riders to ride to the Coke Ovens via Walnut Canyon...

Which is one of the more scenic rides in the area...

And at the end of the day, drinks and dinner at Los Hermanos in Superior...

Desert Artifacts

I had the pleasure of leading a group of relatively new riders into the desert back of the RV park...

One of our stops was an area where early American Indians ground seeds and nuts into meal using these mortar holes...

Clear Skies

After five days of rain, we are finally getting a weather forecast for sunny skies. Otherwise, I may have to trade the RV in for one of these...

El Nino

Here I am in the desert looking at a weather forecast calling for five consecutive days of rain and below average temperatures. Last month was the coolest December I have experienced in southern Arizona for the past five winters. The culprit: "El Nino", an area of abnormally warm water in the equatorial Pacific. Although it will benefit the drought stricken western states, I suspect it will also create some extreme cases of "cabin fever" here in the RV park.

Update (1/7/2016): Flooding is beginning to close local roads...