Fire on the Mountain

At the end of Speedway Road is the entrance to Tanque Verde Ranch.  While on a ride, I noticed someone made way too wide a turn and crashed into the entrance sign.  It's pretty solid so the vehicle surely would have sustained significant damage.

Our fairly healthy monsoon has turned the mountains noticeably greener.  My legs felt awful on this ride.  Maybe it was the 4 days of inactivity or a Montana hangover.

And just like that, probably a lightning strike produced a fire in the front range of the Catalinas.  It eventually grew to 1000 acres and still burning but I noticed airplanes dropping retardant on the edges of the fire so hopefully it's out soon.  I hopped in with the Cactus Cycling club for a 33 mile ride and my legs felt a little better but still kind of fatigued.

Cathedral Rock sticks out, above the smoke on the left.