The Sonoran Desert

Another World

Today we climbed the infamous Mount Lemon...26 miles from desert to snow. It was one of those climbs that you could enjoy all the way up, with gentle grades and incredible vistas. It took us three hours to go up and only 45 minutes to come back down :).

Team Cheerwine

Top row (left to right): Robin, Ally, Sarah, Me, Anne, Kelly, Marissa
Bottom row (left to right): Tash, Stacy, Laura
Absent: Cath

Cool Cacti

Long roads

Another beautiful day cycling in the desert. Riding out of Tucson is so deceiving - the roads look flat but in reality, you're climbing the entire time...makes for a fun ride home!

Trusty Steeds

Today we climbed up Medara Canyon...a 12 mile climb. It's one of those climbs that just eat away at you, starting out with 10 miles of false flat which seemed to go on forever to the base of the climb and then (as if the road builders got impatient) pitching up steeply for the last 2 miles! The view from the top and the fast descent back down made it well worthwhile.

Warm at last :)

I've never trained in Tuscon before and I can now see why so many people love it! Yesterday we rode in Saguaro National Park. It has a well-paved, eight mile, one way loop that meanders through some increcible Sonoran desert vistas. Looking forward to exploring this incredible place for the next two weeks!

It's pretty, but...

it's getting kind of heavy to shovel - especially when the snowplow comes by and deposits a mountain of snow that definately wasn't there to begin with! :)