Gardner Canyon - Kentucky Camp

Yesterday we went mountain biking in Southern Arizona with a group from Raytheon. We had a great time and enjoyed the scenery and the weather. Here is my sexy mountain biker at the beginning of the AZ Trail.

Aaron doing a track stand.

Here I am after the top of a climb. I did pretty well on this ride and was pretty much able to ride the whole thing.

This was an old mining area and it was great to see some of the old dams and mining tools along our route.

Aaron near one of the dams.

One of the many creek crossings. It doesn't look very difficult, but there was a lot of soft sand and rocks and only a couple guys were able to ride through it. Aaron was one of them. Good job!

There were water holes throughout our ride. I thought they were very pretty and had to stop for a picture. This is my bike taking a rest.

Look at that handsome man!

Taking a break near one of the water holes. We had a pretty big group so we would stop at certain spots along the way to let everyone regroup and make sure no one missed a turn.

The Santa Rita mountains.

Aaron at the top of a very long and rocky climb. The post behind him is where we began a very gnarly and rocky descent, but it was fun!

Here I am coming down one of the Rocky descents. The loose rocks were scary as your bike would slide under you as you descended. This one wasn't too bad compared to the longer rockier descent earlier in the ride.

I made it!

There were two loops to our ride. A lot of people left after the first loop. Aaron and I decided to continue on for the second loop.

Great single track on the AZ Trail.

One of the buildings at Kentucky camp where we stopped to refuel and get more water. Thank goodness there was water. I hardly had any left by the time we got here.

Some of the mining artifacts.

This is the porch of the overseers home. It was very pretty out here.

Me at the last leg of the ride. I had a great time and so did Aaron. We did 18 miles and enjoyed the group we rode with. The ride ended on a steep and rocky switchback descent. Aaron cleared it without a problem and he said I could walk it if I wanted to. I walked a little bit and then decided to give it a try. I made it! There were people watching from the bottom and said I did a great job. I was very nervous because if you make a mistake you end up on some sharp rocks or go off the side of the hill. A little scary, but very rewarding.