A Ride

Typically, when out here in the fall, I hike a bunch and don't ride very often.  It has been an odd year and still, I am motivated to ride.  Not a lot of miles, 30 here, 40 there but to be frank, I am within striking distance of my cycling buddy on Strava, a mere 500 miles distant. 500 miles is a lot but not when I am in sunny and warm AZ and she is in cloudy and cold OH.  I could close that gap in a couple of weeks so...  Above, a major reconstruction project is taking the dips out of the northern approach to Oro Valley via Tangerine Road while also widening it and adding a bike lane.  Still a ways to go.

Wow, in the suburb of Marana, a Top Golf is going in.  A 3 tiered driving range but the focus is not on hitting golf balls, instead on a high end bar and restaurant and these things have become very popular around the US.  

Then, while riding through a community having an airport and many hangers in which residents keep their planes on their property, I found a guy washing his plane.  This is a WWII trainer used by the Swedish air force.  The owner puts in 100 hours a year flying it and can put his mountain bike in there.