Tag: Loop
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Summer’s Early Raid
Summer’s Early Raid summer’s early raidcontinues as temps soarwith blindinglyblue skies thank human ingenuityfor polarized lensesmitigating headachesfrom the harsh glare off the windows and wallsof me casa and yoursfrom highway liquid-looking blacktopmelting into the horizon to a mirage of wateron a scorchedand wind-blowndesert floor while faint wisps of whitefar out over the westernmountains gives an…
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Riding And Sweating
Riding And Sweating clear cerulean domewith no cloudsscanning Sol’s barcodefrom the seat ofmy tadpole trikegenerates a 401 error yellow Mesquite blooms are now mostly gone replaced by an abundance of seed pods decorating their longleafy-green bows Palo Verde in full bloomtheir seed pods to arrive soonas a third or fourth iteration ofBrittlebush is blossomingand now,…
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Cool April Morning Ride
Cool April Morning Ride a cool April morning witha few puffy-white cloudsabove the surrounding mountainswhile the sky above isa translucent blue explosions of yellow bloomsdraping various trees and bushesin the mazes edging both sidesof the Tucson Loopeven in the dry riverbed early Brittlebushalready gone blousywhile the yellow explosionsof Palo Verde are stilla few weeks away…
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The Tucson Loop In Spring
The Tucson Loop In Spring the dazzling morning suntilts in 30 degreesoff the eastern horizonwith Aries as backdrop long shadows crossthe north/south pathand the cloudless brightblue sky goes on forever reclaimed water cutsa zigzag path downthe western edge of theotherwise dry Santa Cruz the surrounding mountainsseen through the brightgreen veils of newMesquite leaves a couple…
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Milky Skies, See What We See
Milky Skies, See What We See milky skies forour mid-day ridemisty-blue mountaintopssilhouettes in the south northern mountainsnot so misty, by halfand to our leftthe dragon’s teeth glintof the Tucson range a roadrunner streaksacross our pathexits stage rightrunning in circles as we passas if caught in our slipstreamha! a cyclist’s dream human coyotes on electric bikesare…
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