I have begun to develop a couple of hypotheses of what is happening to the sunshine that we are so feverishly chasing. Continue reading Cabin Fever:
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Wine Country Explorations:
Gary and Judy drove North and Ed and Sarah drove West and we all met in Healdsberg in Sonoma County California. We both started out independently. Gary and Judy braving the traffic on I-808 through the heart of the East Bay from San Jose through Oakland and San Rafael to get to 101. Ed and Sarah running the I-80 gauntlet through Napa and Sonoma. Continue reading Wine Country Explorations:
If we wanted to enjoy all this rain we’d a stayed in Scappoose!
I was under the impression that this area of Arizona was a desert. There are Prickly Pear cacti, Saguaro cacti, and Stag horn cacti. There is Grease wood and Mesquite shrubs. We now have slime in our bicycle tires to try to counteract the effect of the Goat head thorns. Yet I swear that they have already enjoyed their whole annual rainfall. Continue reading If we wanted to enjoy all this rain we’d a stayed in Scappoose!
Just what is a Tuzigoot anyway?
Ah well! It is a name “we” have given to the site of the dwellings of an ancient culture in north central Arizona. We call the people Sinaqua which is Spanish for “without water.” They irrigated crops and built masonary, above ground, dwellings. They lived here from perhaps 1100 to 1400 AD and were long gone when the Spanish entered the valley in 1583. Continue reading Just what is a Tuzigoot anyway?
What’s so fascinating about a big hole in the ground?
We made it over the hills to Springdale Utah right at the entrance to Zion National Park. We spent three days there and finally got to ride up to the end of the canyon. It was about ten miles and 300 ft of elevation gain, so it really wasn’t a bad ride. Continue reading What’s so fascinating about a big hole in the ground?