March 5 - US Egg Redux

I woke up to rain today, and went back to bed. I'm sure the rest of you did too, as cold and wet is no way to start a morning. 

March is here, the month that the city of Phoenix has promised the Dreamy Draw bike path to be complete. I can say that I will not miss riding up and down Cave Creek Road. Also, this is the final month of "winter hours"- in April we return to a 6:30 AM start. 

The 10-day forecast sez that next Sunday should be nice, so I'm already posting our destination, it's off to US Egg.  Richard and the 4's are of the same mind, and trying yet again to get to Chompie's.

And to ruin everyone's day, work on the Dreamy Draw bike path has been extended due to weather and materials delays; completion is expected LATER THIS SPRING. 

Rock on...

February 26 - US Egg

 

Richard, Steve and the 4's are heading to Chompie's this week, while the 3's are cycling east mostly, to US Egg in Scottsdale. Though at this point the weather weasels are predicting morning showers and a chilly day. So we'll see it if actually comes off. 

This is a video from a popular group in Ukraine. Click the [CC] button to see the lyrics in English.  Rock on...

February 19 - Morning Squeeze

 

Richard and crew are heading to Over Easy on 24th St. this week, and since I missed out on our last venture to Morning Squeeze downtown, I thought we could try another visit. The events clogging up downtown are gone, and the baseball fans haven't quite invaded, so perhaps we can get in without too much of a wait. 

On his last record "American IV", Johnny Cash covered this Trent Reznor song. Rock on...

Dreamy Draw photos

 

I took the long way home this morning detouring down to the Dreamy Draw to check out progress, and take some photos. As always, click the photo to embiggen.

First, we have a beautiful yard on N. 26th St., I hope the desert looks half this good this spring. 

Next is two pics from the North side of the 51, where the bore pit is waiting for another shaft extention- which looks like all 15,000 lbs. of it just arrived.

Last, we have the South side, same deal, the bore pit also waiting for more shaft extensions. This sits directly in the middle of the old bike path, and judging from the grading going on to the left in the photo, I imagine the path will go around this. 

And yes, in case you are wondering, I am obsessed with this. The first Sunday its open, don't be surprised if I make you ride up and down it three times. 

February 12 - Scramble

 

The 4's will be riding west to Mi Pueblo at Metrocenter this Super Sunday, and I suspect everywhere will be busy nonstop all this weekend with all the visitors here. So the 3's will be going to stop at the Scramble at the Biltmore, as I have never seen it crowded, ever. 

The weather promises to be beautiful this weekend, thus encouraging more of the above-mentioned visitors to soon become residents. 

This is from a Carpenters tribute compilation CD, featuring a lot of good artists. Rock on...