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| Vortexing it in Sedona |
I got busy... Good news is my thesis proposal was approved and I'm on my way to finishing grad school in the spring! Now that it's the break I'm balancing thesis writing and attempts at getting outside. There's something peaceful about the routine of writing for a few hours, getting outside, then writing some more.
In October and November the temperatures began to drop and I tried to squeeze in the last bike rides of the year before it all snowed in. The next four pictures are from the same ride around Elden where it rained, hailed, and snowed, while we rode on dirt roads and single track through mud, snow, ice, sand. It was really a trip to find so much variety on one ride.
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| Ponderosa forest, north side of Elden where it burned |
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| Into the Junipers |
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| And then a meadow with old growth ponderosa?? |
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| And then into pokey things? |
Another ride, around Mormon Lake south of Flag before the snow and cinders piled up along the roadways
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| mostly clear roads |
Once the snow came to stay, $10 at the thrift store brought a cross
country ski adventure! I think the skis will save me this winter,
getting me excited for the snow rather than wishing the trails were
clear.
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| Beautiful beautiful beautiful places all around |
Finally there's still Sedona to warm up in, although we picked a rare day where it was actually nicer in Flag. Still pretty though!
And now for christmas ski adventures!
