Indu at the zoo

Nice video of my daughter talking to the baboon

colonoscopy

I have known at least one person who died from colon cancer (good old Bill). My wife had a good friend who recently died from it (good old Tom). My uncle was recently diagnosed with it, so my doctor thought it be a good idea if I go in for the procedure. 

All went well. They didn’t find anything.  I don’t remember anything about the procedure. All I recall is turning over to my left side then waking up to see my wife and daughter next to my bed.  The little girl was so cute, a big toothless smile came on her face when she saw me open my eyes. I don’t even remember the ride home or getting dressed but I clearly remember the smiles on my wife and daughters faces. Indu doesn't have any teeth, but she still has a million dollar smile.  

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Anyways, here's my smiling baby.

The Years Best Posts

Since I've not been riding much myself, thought I would share some of what I've found. Lists of the best of the best post other bloggers have posted.

I am not going to make a list of every category. The best video's around here combined with youthful folksy  language always come from U2meToo, the best trail information always comes from MTBikeAZ some of the best writing comes from OneSpeedGo, while the best still photos come from sprockets.

However, in honor of the late Anthony Sloan, I am going to focus on his style of blog. Posts that look like they belong in a National Geographic or Arizona Highways magazine. Great Photography, combined with informative, entertaining story telling. I'll do the nominating, I'll let you all vote for your favorite posts. Feel free to post a comment about a great blog I'm missing out on.


My nominations include:
Cactus Rod The Toughest Mountain Bike Rider I Know from Darren's Rides


Kicking around the Kaibab from Out There


Spring on the Cabin Loop from Sprockets


North Rim of Grand Canyon Sampler from MountianBikeBill

September trails

Trail	Area	State	Effort	skill	Primo
Verde Hot Springs	Camp Verde	Arizona	Long Ride	Advanced
Pinery Canyon Loop	Chiracahua	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Silver Peak Loop	Chiracahua	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
WhiteTail Creek	Chiracahua	Arizona	Tough	intermediate
Mingus Mountain	Cottonwood - Jerome	Arizona	All Downhill	XX Expert
Around the Peaks (cosmic soulstice race loop)	Flagstaff	Arizona	Fairly Tough	Beginner
AZ trail to Walnut Canyon	Flagstaff	Arizona	Hard Ride	advanced
Dry lake hills loop	Flagstaff	Arizona	Hard Work	Expert
Elden Loop	Flagstaff	Arizona	Biblical	Expert
Fisher Point	Flagstaff	Arizona	Comfortable	Beginner
Lava Cave and Wing Mtn	Flagstaff	Arizona	Easy	Intermediate
Little Bear Loop	Flagstaff	Arizona	Serious Climb	Advanced
Lower Oldham trails	Flagstaff	Arizona	No Sweat	Beginner
Nordic Center	Flagstaff	Arizona	Easy to Medium	Beginner
Observatory Mesa	Flagstaff	Arizona	Weenie ride	Beginner
Rocky Ridge Trail	Flagstaff	Arizona	Hard fun work	Expert
Soldiers Trail Loop	Flagstaff	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
Sunset Trail Loop	Flagstaff	Arizona	Long Climb	Expert
Upper Oldham trails	Flagstaff	Arizona	Heinous climb	Expert
Waterline Road	Flagstaff	Arizona	Long Climb	Advanced
Flag to Grand Canyon	Flagstaff - Grand Canyon	Arizona	Long Easy Ride	Beginner
Flagstaff to Sedona	Flagstaff - Sedona	Arizona	long ride	Advanced
Six Shooter Canyon	Globe	Arizona	no whiners	XX Expert
Crazy Jug Point	Grand Canyon	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Pt. Sublime	Grand Canyon	Arizona	Very Long Ride	Beginner
Rainbow Rim	Grand Canyon	Arizona	hard work	Beginner
Tiyo Point	Grand Canyon	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
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
260 loop - HiLine Trail	Payson	Arizona	tough	Advanced
Cabin Loop	Payson	Arizona	Long ride	Moderate
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
Rock Creek	Payson	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Slate Creek Divide	Payson	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Willow Springs Lake	Payson - Heber	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Strawberry Mtn	Payson - Pine	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Black Canyon Trail System	Phoenix	Arizona	Long ride	Advanced
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
Apache Trail	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Queen Creek	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	easy	Beginner
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
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
Moon Rock Loop - Usery park	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Usery Pass	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	No Sweat	Advanced
Toms Thumb	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	Tough	Advanced
Granite Basin Loops	Prescott	Arizona	easy to difficult	Advanced
Lynx Lake Loop	Prescott	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Peavine trail	Prescott	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
Spruce Mtn	Prescott	Arizona	what goes up	Advanced
Thumb Butte Loops	Prescott	Arizona	nothing too tough	All levels
White Rock loop trails	Prescott	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Wolf Creek Loop	Prescott	Arizona	Fairly Easy	Beginner
Yankee Doodle trail	Prescott	Arizona	Tough	Advanced
Cunningham and Grant Hill Loops	Safford - Mt. Graham	Arizona	High Altitude work	Intermediate
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
50 Year trail (the chutes)	Tucson	Arizona	A good sweat	Advanced
Butterfly Trail	Tucson	Arizona	hard work	Expert
Chiva Falls	Tucson	Arizona	tough	Expert
Cobre Ridge	Tucson	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Crystal Spring Trail	Tucson	Arizona	fairly hard	Advanced
Elephant Head	Tucson	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Fantasy Island	Tucson	Arizona	easy	all levels
La Milagrosa	Tucson	Arizona	tough	xxx expert
Saguaro National Monument East	Tucson	Arizona	Fairly Easy	Beginner
Samaniego Ridge	Tucson	Arizona	Long Hard Ride	Advanced
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
Kentucky Camp Ghost Town	Tucson - Sonoita	Arizona	High Altitude work	Advanced
Blue Ridge Trail #107	White Mtns	Arizona	Advanced	Advanced
Country Club Trail #632	White Mtns	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Country Club/Los Burros Connector Trail #631A	White Mtns	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Hannigan Meadow	White Mtns	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
Ice Cave Trail #608 ( Blue Ridge Cave Trail)	White Mtns	Arizona	moderate	advanced
Panorama Trail #635 ( Porter Mountain Trail)	White Mtns	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
South Fork Trail	White Mtns	Arizona	Tough	Advanced
Sunrise ski resort	White Mtns	Arizona		NULL
Timber Mesa Trail #636	White Mtns	Arizona	moderate	Advanced
Luna Lake Upper Loop	White Mtns - Alpine	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Terry Flat Loop	White Mtns - Alpine	Arizona	Moderate	Beginner
Los Burros loop 631	White Mtns - Show Low	Arizona	not too tough	intermdiate
Bill Williams Mountain	Williams	Arizona	Not too tough	Intermediate
Sucamore Rim Loop	Williams	Arizona	not for wimps	Intermediate
Gila Mountain	Yuma	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Martys Ridge to Liberty Bell	Yuma	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Lower Rock Creek Trail	Bishop	California	Moderate	Advanced
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
Canfield mtn	Coeur d alene	Idaho	Fairly Easy	Intermediate
Silver Mountain - Jack Ass	Kellogg	Idaho	downhill	expert
Fischer Creek Trail	Stanley	Idaho	Fairly Tough	Intermediate
Bad Tom / Cranky Gulch	Wallace	Idaho	?	?
Route of Hiawatha - Lookout pass ski resort	Wallace	Idaho	moderate	Beginner
Upper Glidden Lake	Wallace	Idaho	?	?
B & A trail	Baltimore - Annapolis	MD	Easy	Beginner
Lake Tahoe Rim Trail - Flume trail section	Lake Tahoe	Nevada	tough	Advanced
Windsor Trail;	Sante Fe	New Mexico
Amole Canyon	Taos	New Mexico	Easy	Beginner
Thun trail	Birdsboro - Pottstown	Penns	Easy	Beginner
French Creek st park	Philidelphia - Reading	Penns	moderate	Intermediate
Marsh Creek St park	Philidelphia -Exton	Penns	Tough	Intermediate
Springton Manor Farms	Philidelphia -W Chester	Penns	Easy	Beginner
Mickelson Trail	Deadwood	SDakota	Long ride	Beginner
Lambert park	Alpine	Utah	moderate	all levels
Thunder mtn	Bryce Canyon	Utah	moderate	advanced
Baby steps	Moab	Utah	moderate	Advanced
Porcupine Rim	Moab	Utah	Tough	Advanced
Slickrock trail	Moab	Utah	difficult	Expert
Sovereign Trail	Moab	Utah	intermediate	intermediate
BST - Bonneville Shoreline Trail	Salt Lake City	Utah	Tough	Intermediate
Gooseberry Mesa	Zion	Utah	Moderat	Intermediate
Little Creek	Zion - St. George -Hurricane	Utah	tough	Advanced
Galbraith Mtn	Bellingham	Washington	all levels	All levels
Greenline #6	Olympia	Washington	Tough	Expert
Cranberry Lake	Seattle - Anacortes	Washington	moderate	Intermediate
Whistle Lake	Seattle - Anacortes	Washington	Difficult	Expert
Japanese Gulch	Seattle - Mukilteo	Washington	moderate	Intermediat

82 degrees in August

Man o man, would I love to go for a ride right now. Only 82 degrees on a Friday in August.

McDowell Mountain park? The White Tanks? Just good old Desert Classic or Trail 100.  Red Mountain!

Anyways, get out while you are able.