new edition

I don't know when I'll be riding again.

I have someone who really needs me right now.

Biggest Looser final weigh in

Biggest Looser

Final weigh in 213. Total loss was little over 9 lbs. Didn't get the exercise I hoped to get. Think I could have lost ten more.

The baby

Anyway, I may be a father today. Tomorrow at the latest.

Update on the phone lady

The final vote was 8 - 0 to show this lady's picture.

Something in me just thinks it's just mean. She has some pictures that are just silhouettes. Maybe I'll show one of those.

February trails

Just a list of trails that are in their prime for the month

Feb trails. From my wish list.

Trail	Area	State	Effort	skill	Primo
Thumper Trail Loop (dead horse park)	Cottonwood	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Soldiers Trail Loop	Flagstaff	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
Greene Haven Slickrock	Greene Haven	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Arizona Trail	Jacob Lake to Patagonia	Arizona	Long ride	Expert
Badger Trail	Kingman	Arizona	difficult	Advanced
Camp Beale Loop	Kingman	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Moss Wash Mines	Kingman	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Slaughterhouse Canyon	Kingman	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Valley Drive	Monument Valley	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Page rimview trail	Page	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
Patagonia Ghost towns loop	Patagonia	Arizona	long ride	Novice
Cypress Thicket	Payson	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Doll Baby Ranch	Payson	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
El Oso rd	Payson	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Houston Mesa	Payson	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Little Pine Flat	Payson	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
mt peely road	Payson	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Slate Creek Divide	Payson	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Alta trail - Soutn Mountain	Phoenix	Arizona	Tough	Expert
Black Canyon Trail System	Phoenix	Arizona	Long ride	Advanced
Bulldog Canyon - Goldfield mtns	Phoenix	Arizona	moderate	intermediate
Coast to Coast - South Mountain	Phoenix	Arizona	Very Tough	xxx expert
DESERT CLASSIC - South Mountain	Phoenix	Arizona	Moderate	Advanced
Double Bypass - McDowell mtn preserve	Phoenix	Arizona	tough	Advanced
FINS (Fantasy Island North Singletrack)	Phoenix	Arizona	Moderate	Advanced
Helipad tt	Phoenix	Arizona	tough	climb
National Trail - south mountain	Phoenix	Arizona	severe	Expert
Papago Park	Phoenix	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
Phoenix Canals	Phoenix	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Phoenix Mtns Secret Trails	Phoenix	Arizona	All	All
Phoenix mtns trail 100	Phoenix	Arizona	very hard work	expert
Phoenix Mtns Trail 1A	Phoenix	Arizona	Tough	Expert
Phoenix mtns trail 8	Phoenix	Arizona	moderate	Advanced
Ridgeline Loops - South Mountain	Phoenix	Arizona	tough	Expert
Apache Trail	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Lost Duchman trail loops	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Lost Goldmine Trail	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	Moderate	Advanced
Queen Creek	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Silly Mtn	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
White Canyon	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	Tough	Intermediate
Woodbury Rd	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	Tough	Intermediate
Devils Hole	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
hombolt mtn	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	difficult	Intermediate
new River Headwaters	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
New River Mesa	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	easy	Beginner
New River West	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	moderate	advanced
Sheep Bridge	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Trail 4 - cave creek trail - Seven Springs	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	Difficult	Expert
Casa Grande Mtn	Phoenix - Casa Grande	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Area 52	Phoenix - Florence	Arizona	tough	Advanced
Thunderbird park h1 - h5	Phoenix - Glendale	Arizona	easy	intermediate
Estrella Mtn Park (race loops)	Phoenix - Goodyear	Arizona	Good Workout	Advanced
Margies Cove	Phoenix - Goodyear	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
Blevins Loop - Usery park	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Cottonwood Camp	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
four peaks	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Hawes rd - red mountain	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	tough	advanced
Moon Rock Loop - Usery park	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Usery Pass	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	No Sweat	Advanced
White Tank Mountains Goat Camp Loop	Phoenix - Peoria	Arizona	Tough	Expert
White Tank Mountains Sonoran Loop	Phoenix - Peoria	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
San Tan Loops	Phoenix - Queen Creek	Arizona	moderate	Beginner
Cave Creek	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	Heap O work	Advanced
Dynamite and Pima	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	Not too tough	Intermediate
McDowell mts Pemberton Trail	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	moderate	Beginner
McDowell mts Race Loops	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	race pace	Advanced
Sonoran Mtn Preserve	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	Tough	Intermediate
Toms Thumb	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	Tough	Advanced
Union Hills Loop	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	Long Ride	Beginner
Granite Basin Loops	Prescott	Arizona	easy to difficult	Advanced
Thumb Butte Loops	Prescott	Arizona	nothing too tough	All levels
White Rock loop trails	Prescott	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Yankee Doodle trail	Prescott	Arizona	Tough	Advanced
Airport Mesa Loop	Sedona	Arizona	Pretty tough	XXX Expert
Bell Rock Loops	Sedona	Arizona	fairly easy	Beginner
Boyton Pass	Sedona	Arizona	Long easy roll	Beginner
Cathederal Rock Loop	Sedona	Arizona	Moderate	Advanced
CocksCOMB LOOP	Sedona	Arizona	medium work	Beginner
Deadmans Pass Loop	Sedona	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Dry Creek	Sedona	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Huckaby Loop	Sedona	Arizona	Hard	Expert
Llama Trail Loop	Sedona	Arizona	Hard	Expert
Robbers Roost	Sedona	Arizona	easy as pie	Beginner
schnebly hill trails	Sedona	Arizona	a good sweat	Intermediate
Secret Trails	Sedona	Arizona	tough	Advanced
Submarine Rock Loop	Sedona	Arizona	hard work	Expert
Brown Canyon Loop	Sierra Vista	Arizona	moderate	Beginner
Carr Canyon Loop	Sierra Vista	Arizona	Fairly tough	Advanced
50 Year trail (the chutes)	Tucson	Arizona	A good sweat	Advanced
Chiva Falls	Tucson	Arizona	tough	Expert
Cobre Ridge	Tucson	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Elephant Head	Tucson	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Fantasy Island	Tucson	Arizona	easy	all levels
La Milagrosa	Tucson	Arizona	tough	xxx expert
Molino Basin	Tucson	Arizona	tough	Advanced
Peppersauce Loop	Tucson	Arizona	severe	Expert
Saguaro National Monument East	Tucson	Arizona	Fairly Easy	Beginner
Starr Pass - Yetman wash	Tucson	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Sweetwater Preserve	Tucson	Arizona	Fairly Easy	Beginner
the Tortolitas	Tucson	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Tucson Mnts	Tucson	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Gila Mountain	Yuma	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Martys Ridge to Liberty Bell	Yuma	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Gabrielino Trail	Los Angeles	California	moderate	Advanced
Borrego dessert state park	San Diego	California	moderate	intermediate
Florida Canyon	San Diego	California	Easy	Beginner
Miners Ridge Trail	San Diego	California	Good Workout	Intermediate
Sun Devil way	San Diego	California	good workout	all levels
Anderson truck trail	San Diego - Alpine	California	Tough	Expert
Marys Loop	Fruita	Colorado	Moderate	Intermediate
Munro trail	Lanai	Hawaii	tough	intermediate
Secret Trails	Maui	Hawaii	moderate	Intermediate
Mt Haleakala	Maui - Kula Forrest preserve	Hawaii	Tough	Expert
Aiea Loop	Oahu	Hawaii	Moderate	Intermediate
Kaaawa Valley	Oahu	Hawaii	Moderate	Beginner
Maunawili Trail	Oahu	Hawaii	moderate	advanced
Baby steps	Moab	Utah	moderate	Advanced
Gooseberry Mesa	Zion	Utah	Moderat	Intermediate
Little Creek	Zion - St. George -Hurricane	Utah	tough	Advanced
Greenline #6	Olympia	Washington	Tough	Expert
Cranberry Lake	Seattle - Anacortes	Washington	moderate	Intermediate
Japanese Gulch	Seattle - Mukilteo	Washington	moderate	Intermediate

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Yeti 575

Hard to believe that it's been a year since I test rode that sweet 575 at McDowell mountain park and met the great Anthony Sloan. He left us way too soon. Would have been great meeting up with him again.

Thieves and Scumbags have a bad day

Thieves and scumbags

I printed up a few flyers and planned on dropping them off in the neighborhood in hopes that someone would return my phone. As I approached the residence on my Outcast29 I could see three police cars and a helicopter.

"Thieves! Thieves and scumbags! Nothing but thieves and scumbags live in THAT house." is what I heard as they frog marched a couple of the residence away in a patrol car.

Naturally, the police asked me what I was up to when I got near the scene.  The sobbing, mascara faced woman must have felt like fate itself was piling on as I explained that my cell phones GPS kept displaying that it was at this residence but no one in the home was answering the phone or returning it.

The policeman said that he was not surprised and asked me to wait as he retrieved it. The police asked for my drivers license and phone number, returned my phone to me and let me go on my way. 

I was nothing but smiles the rest of the ride home.

I had been worried that the person who had my phone would use it to retrieve personal data about myself. I couldn't have had less to worry about in those regards. The woman clearly spent a lot of time making the background pink, erasing my contacts,   adding her contacts, playing solitaire, erasing my photos, and taking arms length pictures of herself. She was not a Palm veteran as she could have easily done a reset to erase my profile. This phone now shows my profile with her data. Ironically, I feared someone having my personal data but instead I have her personal data. 

Wonder if I should contact the police before I do a reset and restore of the phone?

I could post her pictures on this post, but I doubt that anyone cares to see. I kind of pity the fool. She seems like the kind of person who would keep your cash but leave your credit cards and identity alone if she found your wallet. Don't get me wrong, she did not do the right by me, but there are worse people out there. 

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follow up (the next day)

I saw the same police crew today again on the way home from work. I told them about all the personal data this woman stored on my phone. They said that they didn't need it and it would be fine for me to delete. I did a hard reset of the palm and just like that Jennifer E. B*#m@^^was gone. All traces of her except for the photos she saved on my card were gone. I did a sync and my old phone came back. All contacts, email everything. This is why I always liked this gadget. Had palms before they were phones. Was an easy transition to the treos. Someday, I am sure I'll make the switch to an Apple, but I like old things too. Good companies with Good ideas ahead of their time.

no cell no movies

I got out to good old trail 100 this past weekend for a solo ride and had a blast.

I Missed the first half of the Superbowl, but I have no regrets. I helped a guy out on the trail. Had two blown tires and only one tube. Gave him one of my tubes and he fixed my hand pump. Got himself back on the trail. Said he had a long walk home otherwise.

You see some trees along the washes have been uprooted from all the rain we have been blessed with in recent weeks. Also see that wonderful green grass all over the desert.

Man, I like this old Schwinn Moab. I've ridden better bikes, but I'm used to it. It's good enough for me. Someone asked me how I can take photos without a cell phone. I answered, "with a camera".

Think I post some reward signs for my lost Cell phone. Maybe someone in that house will give it to me. Anyway, heres a repeat of the last post so you know what I am talking about.

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Cell Phones

I lost my phone on the way to work the other day. One of the reasons that I have not posted any video as it was my video player. 

Funny thing is I can see exactly where the phone is located via gps. The person who has it, takes it with them to the laundry mat and out. Mostly they just stay at home. I have talked to two different people in the home but neither know anything about it.  What kind of person won't return a persons cell phone? I was thinking old man (who didn't know what it was or teenager) but no, this doesn't appear to be the case. I am going to have to give up on getting it back soon as Venu is due any day now. She has to be able to get in touch with me.

Biggest looser - Buenos Aires - other stuff

Biggest Looser

No weekend riding, no change in weight this week.

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Buenos Aires

Kind of funny that I had dogs as the main picture of my last two posts. I just like this picture. Taken with my old 1965 Pentax Spotmatic 35mm film camera.

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Cell Phones

I lost my phone on the way to work the other day. One of the reasons that I have not posted any video as it was my video player. 

Funny thing is I can see exactly where the phone is located via gps. The person who has it, takes it with them to the laundry mat and out. Mostly they just stay at home. I have talked to two different people in the home but neither know anything about it.  What kind of person won't return a persons cell phone? I was thinking old man (who didn't know what it was or teenager) but no, this doesn't appear to be the case. I am going to have to give up on getting it back soon as Venu is due any day now. She has to be able to get in touch with me.