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 Bicycle Tour Adventure #34

Pictures and Stories About Bicycle Tour Adventures

Phoenix, Arizona, Day Tours by Bicycle, April, 2011


Bicycle Tour: Dennis and Terry Struck Prickly Pear Flower Heart Attack Grill Deer/Elk Petroglyph

-- Itinerary --

Day 0 - Enroute on the Desert: April Flowers, Plants, and Views
Day 1 - Phoenix South Mountain Park: Antenna Mountain, Telegraph Pass, and TV Road
Day 2 - North Scottsdale Rd, E Cave Creek Rd to Bartlett Lake/Reservoir Entrance
Day 3 - Bartlett Lake: Entrance, Rattlesnake Inlet, Bartlett Lake Ramp
Day 4 - Deer Valley Rock Art Center (U of A Archeological Site)





Day 0 - Enroute on the Desert: April Flowers, Plants, and Views

Arizona roadside blooms. Arizona roadside view.
Creosote Bush in bloom.
Above: Creosote Bush in bloom.

Prickly Pear Flower. Prickly Pear Flower.
Above: Prickly Pear Flowers.

Socorro Skeleton.
Above: Socorro Skeleton (Used MS [picture] Stitch, free online).




Day 1 - Phoenix South Mountain Park: Antenna Mountain, Telegraph Pass, and TV Road

Bicycle Tour, Phoenix: Terry Struck. Bicycle Tour, Phoenix: Dennis Struck.
Above Left: Bicycle Tour, Phoenix: Terry Struck.

Above Right: Bicycle Tour, Phoenix: Dennis Struck.

Prickly Pear Flower. Sun Flower variant.
Above Left: Prickly Pear Flower.

Above Right: Sun Flower variant.

Cactus Flower. Antenna Mountain in Phoenix's South Mountain Park.
Above Left: Cactus Flower.

Above Right: Antenna Mountain in Phoenix's South Mountain Park.

Bush Flowers. Touring Cyclists View.
Above Left: Bush Flowers.

Above Right: Touring Cyclists View.

South Mountain Park's Observation Platform. View of Phoenix from South Mountain Park.
Above Left: Phoenix's South Mountain Park's Observation Platform.

Above Right: View of Phoenix from South Mountain Park Observation Deck.



Day 1 - Later that Evening at the World Famous Heart Attack Grill
"Taste ... Worth Dying For"

World Famous Heart Attack Grill.
Above: The Bee and Riders dine at the World Famous Heart Attack Grill.

Cash Only, Warning: This establishment is Bad for your Health. Cooks are in surgical gowns.
Above Left: Cash Only, Warning: This establishment is Bad for your Health.

Above Right: Cooks are in surgical gowns. The Chief Resident oversees the operations.

Nurses put Patients (Patrons) in Hospital gowns. Moi, in gown. All they serve is Hamburgers.
Above Left: Nurses put Patients (Patrons) in Hospital gowns.

Above Right: Moi, in gown. All they serve is Hamburgers, 1, 2, ... 7 stacked deep. We had one single hamburger each. I was too busy to take a picture. It was really worth visiting once.




Day 2 - North Scottsdale Rd, E Cave Creek Rd to Bartlett Lake/Reservoir Entrance

Edge of Scottsdale. Nicer homes along the cycling route.
Above Left: Edge of Scottsdale, Arizona, we're biking Northeast away from Scottsdale towards Bartlett Lake in the Tonto National Forest, although in this picture we're facing Scottsdale and Phoenix.

Above Right: A view of some of the nicer homes along the cycling route.

Adobe fence and southwest homes. Adobe fence and southwest homes.
Above: Adobe fence and southwest homes.

Roadside Flowers. Roadside Flowers.
Above: Roadside Flowers.

Views from the Bee. Views from the Bee.
Above: Views from the Bee.

Stoker's view. Bicycle Tour: Roadside break.
Above Left: Stoker's view.

Above Right: Bicycle Tour: Roadside break.

The road less traveled. Our turnaround point for today.
Above Left: The road less traveled.

Above Right: Our turnaround point for today, the entrance for Bartlett Lake and near the Ranger Station; now we bike back to Scottsdale and come back here tomorrow.




Day 3 - Bartlett Lake: Entrance, Rattlesnake Inlet, Bartlett Lake Ramp

Tonto National Forest entrance sign. Off-loading the Bee.
Above Left: Tonto National Forest entrance sign, it's near the road sign for Bartlett Lake.

Above Right: Off-loading the Bee for another day of bicycle touring.

It's an M-16 round. The road ahaead for now.
Above Left: I looked down on the ground and noticed this unspent bullet; I haven't seen one of these in 30 years, but I recognized it right off the bat; it's an M-16 round (also used in AR-15s and similar bored rifles). I picked it up for home disposal (one breaks it in half with pliers, dumps the powder, and the empty round goes to the trash can).

Above Right: The road ahaead for Bartlet Lake (Horseshoe Lake to the left).

Magnificent bicycle tour view.
Above: Magnificent bicycle tour view.

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Above Left: Skylined Socorros.

Above Right: First view of Bartlett Lake, easy ride on the way down; we have to bike out for our return.

Bicycle tour views. Bicycle tour views.
Above: Bicycle tour views.

Bartlett Lake. Back view.
Above Left: Bartlett Lake.

Above Right: Back view.

Bicycle tour views. Bicycle tour views.
Tonto NF: Flowers. Tonto NF: Flowers.
Dennis and Terry Struck: Bicycle Tour Tonto NF. Blue flowers on desert floor.
Above Left: Dennis and Terry Struck and the Bee: Bicycle Tour Tonto NF, AZ.

Above Right: Blue flowers on desert floor.

Lunch Break. War Horse: the Bee.
Above Left: Lunch Break in the shade; we're having a wonderful time.

Above Right: War Horse: the Bee.




Day 4 - Deer Valley Rock Art Center (U of A Archeological Site)

Pictograph explained. Cupules explained.
Above Left: Pictograph explained.

Above Right: Cupules explained.

Geoglyph explained. Petroglyph explained.
Above Left: Geoglyph explained.

Above Right: Petroglyph explained.

Life Spiral. Caterpillar/Centipede.
Deer/Elk. Deer/Elk.
Deer/Elk. Deer/Elk.
Deer/Elk. Cupules Spiral.
Many Glyphs. Huge Antlers.
Hummingbird. Rockchuck.
Above Left: Hummingbird.

Above Right: Rockchuck.

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Above: L-R: Phil Harms and Marylou Harms (up from Tucson), Dennis Struck and Terry Struck in an Autenticos Mexicanno Restaurante, Chandler, Arizona (just south of Phoenix).



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