The Eagle was screaming to fly. To oblige him we took a day off from working to take our new friends, Kenny and Lisa, on one of our favorite bike rides. Kenny and Lisa arrived from Iowa last week to spend a year in Tonopah AZ at the Saddle Mountain RV Park. Kenny showed up one day to learn to play pickleball. He wearing a Harley-Davidson shirt, which prompted us to set up this ride.
With Kenny and Lisa in tow, we set off at 9 am on a 320 mile round trip ride up several mountains and across several valleys from Tonopah through Wickenburg, Yarnell, Prescott, and Jerome to Cottonwood and back, arriving home at 6:30 pm.
In addition to enjoying an interesting ride through beautiful scenery, my goal was to find what fall looks like in this corner of Arizona. In the lower elevations (1500-3000 feet) I discovered green from the recent heavy rains,
white cholla (choya),
red rocks.
Up higher (3000-7000 feet) I found some orange and yellow with a bit of red here and there,
and tan
and pink rocks.
At sunset everything turned orange.
We all enjoyed the whole day--the company, the ride and the scenery, and I especially appreciated the fall colors.
Back to work tomorrow.
Louise and Duane
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