Riding to the Library

Riding on the sidewalks

When I was living on my sailboat in San Pedro I used the Los Angeles County Library then when I started using Kindle I loaded books from Amazon FREE using my library card and the library web site. The staff there were always nice and helpful but the outside was kinda scary because of the always present homeless. Same with the Von's a few blocks away.

Gravel driveway to County Road

I now have a Yavapai Library Card. The main library is located in Sedona. Although I have a Sedona mailing address I am not close to the land of traffic signals and use the Branch located in the Village of Oak Creek (no traffic signals).

Lee Mountain Road

Lee Mountain Road is next to Lee Mountain which kinda makes sense. This road has its ups and downs and several curves as it heads to Jacks Canyon Road and the main highway.
The highway is lined with wide sidewalks and benches.

Lee Mountain in the distance at 6250

I ride on the sidewalk here as at times as there is traffic here.

leaving library

You can not ride on the sidewalk in San Pedro unless you can bunny hop the trash and passed out sleeping there. I don't mean to knock what is the truth.

Branch Library

returning to off-road mode

Confused Traveler

The move from San Pedro where my sailboat is to Arizona where my daughter lives started before sunrise as I hoped to miss some of the Los Angeles traffic.

The plan didn't work as I had a hell of time putting my MTB on the overhead rack because all the adjustments were frozen from not using them.

I left the harbor and headed north on the 110 Freeway then Joined the start of the 91 going east.That is when I became confused as I kept thinking I was on the 22. I used to have customers on the 91 and new the route rather well but that was not helping me any.

Traffic was at a standstill and the two dogs were not happy either. Stop and go, stop and go. It wasn't till I was past Riverside that I was able to speed up. Then we needed gas and I hit a Circle K and after buying ice I was greeted by a crappy smell in the car as the little dog got sick. 

Courthouse Butte

The ride was hot and my A/C doesn't work. At the rest stops in Arizona the dogs didn't like the hot pavement and quickly return to the Nissan. When we hit the capital in was rush hour and more stop and go. After we headed north on 17 the traffic stopped.

I stopped at a Big Mac to get directions and smashed the glass on my crap phone.

Lee Mountain

My daughter texted me directions and I took the wrong turn and needed more help. She came and got me and she led me to her place. By then it was dark and they don't have any street lights. So she was my guiding light in her white SUV.

Sunset with Nikon D90 on tripod

Not all the landscapes here are captioned as various names exist'

Raining in Arizona

Made the 504 mile drive from San Pedro to the Village of Oak Creek in Arizona.

The dogs and I live in a ranch house across from my daughter. We are in the mountains at 4250 feet and across from Lee Mountain at 6250.

My German Shepherd loves the place as he can roam around and he loves the creek below the house when it is dry. The rain came through and the creek had water in it but the dog is not fond of it.

I can ride my mountain bike in the creek when it is dry. Always thought of Arizona as being dry, hot desert but here close to Sedona it is not. Warm in the 80 and 90 but not triple digit.

There are several things we don't have here that was common place in San Pedro. My morning is not greeted with dumpster divers or homeless people wandering around the marina parking lot. The streets and bike pathways are not filled with broken glass, roofing nails and beer cans. No graffiti yet. Several bicycle shops in the village.

One problem is the goatheads and flat tires. 

Stay tuned.