3/27 – Teepees and RVs
241 miles. Is the Blue Mesa blue because of the shadows from the setting sun, or will it look different in the midday light? Struck up a conversation with Josh, who was playing guitar while his devices charged....
3/26 – Taking Care of Business
Back at Waldo’s, running life maintenance. I stumbled into a cool co-working space, CO+HOOTS, while searching coffee shops to work out of today. I have not hit the tamale wall....
3/25 – Road Picklers
144 miles. Back to Phoenix, but this time with road buddies! Funny to realize that though this is the third time I’ve crossed paths with Sash and Steve, I’ve never actually ridden with them outside of town. Bikes loaded for the move, Steve was in the lead and Sash...
3/24 – Dinner Conversation
85 miles. Awesome ride up Mt Lemmon to Summerhaven. There isn’t much to the little ski village at the top, but the temps are cooler and I got a bit of drawing done. Dinner with Sash and Steve‘s friends, Chris and Mike, tonight! Super fun people who love their...
3/23 – Classing Up Loaded Potato Night
41 miles. Sash and Steve know how to work the included meals. It’s like they’ve been doing this for a while, or something… When I finally got antsy from the coffee shop, I caught up with Steve on his ST for a scenic loop around Gates Pass....
3/22 – Pocket Nutmeg
152 miles. Over time, one of the things that happens with extended travel is that I stop putting my life on hold because I’m riding. Riding isn’t a vacation for me, in that vacations are usually departures from normal, everyday grind and a chance for people to go crazy...
3/21 – Burrito Frontiers
Last car day with Tim, a whopping 635 mile drive back to Phoenix just in time for his red eye back to Providence. Upon Matt’s suggestion, we stopped by Frontier Restaurant for lunch – absolutely winning. Also, Albuquerque is visually trapped in the 70s. Also, fandom donuts (bitch!)....
3/20 – Antelope Interlopers
The coyotes kept me up at night, then Tim stole my sleeping pad as soon as I was off to pee. We counted 9 antelopes gracefully bounding through the campground in the dawn light, went by White Sands National Monument, and saw the world’s largest Pistachio nut?!...
3/19 – Cow Chips
Be mindful when collecting rocks for the fire pit around here… In spite of Tim’s uncanny sense for the Mexican border and superconscious determination to point the car that way, we managed to find ourselves in Tombstone, AZ (tourist town in perpetual reenactment mode…that I was surprisingly into!) and...
3/18 – I’m Okay With This
I’m with Tim again, riding passenger in a rental car, just for a few days! How lucky, we hit rain. Tim is grumpy, but I am pretty pleased to be in a protected metal bubble for the first precipitation I’ve seen in a while. I also have no problem...