Part of the reason why I’m here is that I can cycle to and from work in the wintertime. Now, I’m hoping to cycle all year ’round, but I have been warned that the extremely high temperatures here might make that a bit… um… dangerous (no freakin’ kidding, I got here last July, and wow!). Once I start losing serious weight, I will be in better shape to cycle during the heat, shall see. I hope so :-)
Anyway, so for now, I am cycling about 6-1/2 miles each way. There are two off-road segments not properly shown on the map – one where I cycle the path along a canal, and one where I cut through the desert to avoid Pinnacle Peak Road and its traffic, and save about 1/2 mile of riding.
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| Cycling Route… doesn’t show path along canal or through desert just north of airport |
| The start of the trail along the canal, off to the right of the service road, and up… |
| Ah, a much nicer, more level trail on the other side of the canal! |
| They coulda done me a favour and blocked the other end of the trail… |