The Eye of God and The Wall

There it is, after going down the wrong road (don't use gps) we found the right road, ended up passing it, turning around and found it.  We kept looking up to find it, handy tip:  look down.

That was early so we decided to go ride the sky chair and beat up our knees a little with a downhill hike.

The hike down Bobsled trail is really pretty and it was kinda chill way to finish off the morning.

Then Ker asked if we wanted to do the wall with her in the afternoon.  I said sure, knowing I was getting myself into more than I could handle.

Almost puking, still not there.

But we made it!  Conquer the Wall is the official cross country fund raiser, I said I would send in my registration donation and help with the aid station, she said no, gotta do it again to get the t'shirt.  As we got back to the bottom of the mountain it started to lightly rain, after we got in the car and out of the parking lot we got a super hard rain and lightning storm--good timing.

 

Flat tire

 Craig's tire was flat this morning and we didn't have any extra tubes so we did a Pebble Plains hike.  We usually do a short Pebble Plains walk in the evenings to take Moa out, but this morning we started down by Sawmill Canyon.  The trails are really nice and pretty well marked, it ended up being 4.25 miles.  There was a pack of three, maybe four coyotes that kinda paralleled us for a bit, we had to put Moa back on her leash so she wouldn't chase them.

When there are lots of flower pics

... then you know there were a lot of rest stops! At one point I sat staring at a tree for at least 10 minutes, wondering if it was a sugar pine.  I finally decided it was and moved on after catching my breath.  Check out all the red on here, red actually means faster (honest!).

Todays bonk point--bonk food, the one and only Reeses cup leftover from my birthday.

There was a point on the trail where these flowers were lining both sides,  I should have stopped there for the picture--

This was actually way prettier than it looks here.  The contrast with the cactus always amazes me.

I rode some uphill better than I have in the past, but today cornering was really freaking me out.  I told Craig I would ride it better tomorrow--profound thought, you don't have to ride it better, just ride it if you enjoy it.  I think I'll ride tomorrow.

EDIT:  Kyle update, first surgery a few pins in the scaphoid, and a wired up clavicle, there was not enough  "real estate" to plate it.  Second surgery, carpal tunnel release.  All in all he's recovering well, his hand surgeon said the only limitation may be he won't be able to put the hand in a push up position.